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This club serves as a platform for Chinese and foreigners to improve their communication skills in Putonghua. Foreigners can improve their Chinese fast, and Chinese can practice English after club meetings. This is a great place to learn, practice, and to network with like-minded professionals.

Like all of you, the entire Cotton's family has been deeply moved by the recent, tragic events in Sichuan Province. Our hearts and prayers go out to those who have been effected by the earthquake, and we wish all of them a speedy recovery from this unimaginable disaster.   In hope of making a contribution to that recovery, Cotton's and That's Shanghai will host a very special fundraising BBQ to benefit the Red Cross Society of China on Sunday. Admission is RMB 150, with 50% of every ticket going directly to the Red Cross and its heroic efforts on behalf of the people of Sichuan.   Your RMB 150 ticket gives you access to an all-you-can-eat BBQ and salad buffet that lasts from 12 to 5.   Cotton Ding   Details: May 18, 12 - 5   Red Cross Relief BBQ Cotton's 132 Anting Road 21-6433-7995     P.S. To our valued customers: this special fundraising BBQ supersedes our regular, previously announced, Sunday BBQ. Thank you for your understanding.

Every Sunday ( for a couple years now ) The Shanghai Expat Coffee Meeting will meet at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at Xintiandi!

Staring at 12 noon and run for a couple hours. After that, we have a range of options for after the meeting.

Its a great place to hold the meeting and we thank Coffee Bean for their support of Shanghai Expat. Anyone coming to the meeting will get a pass for a 10% discount while at the meeting.


COFFEE BEAN IS LOCATED INSIDE THE XIN TIAN DI Shopping area, most taxi drivers know this place by name. If not, have them drop you at MaDang Lu and TaiCang Lu. That is one corner of the center. And you can walk into the center from there.

BRIEF DIRECTIONS FROM METRO

In case you can take the Metro,...Take Metro Line ONE to the Huang Pi Lu (Lu= Road) station ). Exit the Station in front of the Pacific Department Store at the corner of Madang Lu and Huai Hai Lu. Turn right onto Madang Lu and walk to TaiCang Lu (two short blocks). Turn left on TaiCang Lu and you will see the entrance to the center near the Starbucks.

Once you are at the XINTIANDI center, Walk into the center past the Starbucks and about 100m in, you will see Coffee Bean on your left side. We will be inside in a designated area.

Hope this helps!

Featuring colonial Mediterranean architecture, Sofitel Executive Resort Dongguan offers 133 spacious rooms and suites all with Sofitel MyBed. Travel to the Pearl River Delta and enjoy a tranquil holiday adjacent to a 36 hole championship golfcourse, 2 restaurants, bar and outdoor swimming pool in this luxury resort setting.

Grand Oriental Hotel is located in Dalingshan Town, next to the shopping center in downtown, and approximately 32 miles from the airport and 38 miles from the city center.

- HOTEL YEAR BUILT - 2006 YEAR REMODELED - 2006 ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION - -BRAND NEW ROOMS WITH ELEGANT DECORATION - FREE HIGH SPEED BROAD BAND INTERNET ACCESS IN ALL ROOMS - FREE COMPUTER USE IN EXECUTIVE ROOMS- NON SMOKING ROOMS AVAILABLE - HAIRDRYERS IN ALL ROOMS - LCD TV INSTALLED IN ALL ROOMS - 100 PARKING SPACES - SERVES WESTERN ...

Facing the river and the greenery setting of Haizhu Square, Hotel Landmark Canton is approximately half a mile from central Guangzhou and 22 miles from Baiyun Airport.

Guangdong Victory Hotel is located on historic Shamian Island, within half a mile of the Qingping Free Market and Xiquan city center, and approximately 32 miles from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.

The eight-story Liuhua Hotel is at the side of Liuhua Lake and near Guangzhou Railway Station and the China Export Commodities Fair (Liuhua Complex).

Located along Huan Shi Dong in the city's commercial center, Holiday Inn City Centre Guangzhou is approximately 20 miles from New Baiyun International Airport.

Novotel Baiyun Airport is located within Guangzhous new airport complex, 30 kilometres from the city centre. Guangzhou is the historic capital of Guangdong Province and is only two hours by train from Hong Kong.

Situated opposite the China Trade Exhibition Center, this hotel is thirty-five minutes drive from the Baiyun International Airport with easy access to the Guangzhou East Railway Station.

In eastern Guangzhou on the Pearl Delta River, Ramada Pearl is less than a mile from the Xinghai Concert Hall and approximately 10 miles from Baiyun International Airport.

Located in the heart of the business district - the Tian He District - the Westin Guangzhou is adjacent to the CITIC Plaza, which is home to the majority of the Fortune 500 companies in Guangzhou.

Conveniently located adjacent to the Guangzhou International Convention Center, Shangri-La Hotel Guangzhou, providing an urban oasis for guests comfort and pleasure, is the first true luxury hotel in Guangzhou.

CCTV
In China, Rescue Efforts Focus on Disease Prevention
Washington Post, United States - 41 minutes ago
By Edward Cody HANWANG, China, May 17 -- Suddenly the groaning steam shovel went silent. Rescue workers in orange jumpsuits swarmed over chunks of concrete ...
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China Daily
China earthquake: Struggle to cope with 'Biblical' devastation
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 55 minutes ago
Every one of the basic homes in this tiny farming village in the mountains of western China’s Sichuan Province has been destroyed or left uninhabitable. ...
Crises Cloud China's Olympic Mood as Quake Tests Party's Mettle Washington Post
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China Daily
China earthquake: Hands-on approach is measure of change
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 55 minutes ago
It is Wen Jiabao, China’s Premier, who is the usual public face of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). So when Mr Wen flew into Sichuan last Monday ...
Video: Raw Video: China PM Tours Quake Epicenter AssociatedPress
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Chinese Journalists Cover Quake With Unprecedented Openness
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"The transparency of information can unite everybody to fight against the big tragedy," said Min Dahong, a journalism professor at the Chinese Academy of ...
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Times Online
China quake tourists to fly home
BBC News, UK - 3 hours ago
Nineteen UK tourists who were visiting a region in China when a massive earthquake struck are waiting to return home, the tourist's travel firm said. ...
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