Summary Report on trip to Beijing, China
(21 May 1997 - 10 June 1997)
Accommodations
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On the fifth floor at the China Radio Station's Foreign Experts
Building, my neighbors were mainly foreigners who had, at some time or
other, worked for the radio station. Across the hallway was an
Italian-Japanese family and a Nigerian family. The furnishings were
old but were more than enough for my purposes -- I had a
refridgerator, a television, a room with two single beds, a bathroom
and a living room to receive guests. Each day, a young woman would
bring hot water for my thermos flask, and once a week, she would mop
the floor as well.
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Zeng Xiaozhuang with her husband, Pan Jiaren (vice-president
of the Design Institute of the Ministry of Radio, Film and TV) and
their daughter, Pan Jian.
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A minor glitch occurred the day before I checked out. The
agreed-upon price of 160 yuan per day had been raised to 200 yuan when
I asked for the bill. On further questioning, the office worker
insisted that 200 yuan was the official fee. I refused the pay the
sum and called Mr. Pan, Ms. Zeng's husband as she was away in Xinjiang
on a business trip. After half a day of phone calls tracking down
Mr. Yu, the fee returned to the original contract sum.
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