DGH2468 wrote:

I called Hainan Airlines today (June 18) about my direct flight from Beijing to Canada on June 30. They said a nucleic test result is NOT needed but that the other two requirements are in effect for foreigners travelling on international flights from Beijing.

Sounds like some airlines may allow you not to have the nucleic test done if leaving Beijing and the airline you travel on is okay with this why do you need a nucleic test?

Lovely weather then.

Giovanni Martini wrote:

Sikaote wrote:

Passengers must have completed a nucleic acid test within the past seven days and should be prepared to provide proof of the test upon arrival.

So 7 days before my flight I get tested and the results are negative. Then sometime after that but before my flight I get infected.

Does anyone else see the problem??/

No problemo!

Passengers like that get a free ticket to India. After yesterday's little border contremps, it's the gambit du jour.

I called Hainan Airlines today (June 18) about my direct flight from Beijing to Canada on June 30. They said a nucleic test result is NOT needed but that the other two requirements are in effect for foreigners travelling on international flights from Beijing.

I can easily second that Jack Balavadze, the head of Ziroom International Department, has lived up to his words quoted in this story. I had to contact him at the height of the coronavirus outbreak, and he has been tremendous help, dedicating not only his time, but also his entire team to solve my problem as a Ziroom tenant, which my months of previous attempts failed to resolve. He is extremely result-oriented, efficient and tackles the problems straightforward in a high manner of professionalism, and he, therefore, is the kind of the manager type the Chinese companies are in much need of, given my years of experince and dealings with them. I hope his intellectually stimulating managerial skills and knowledge, which I gathered during the course of him resolving my problem, will help many other foreign tenants and will surely upgrade Ziroom's quality and credibility. Therefore, it is my heartfelt voluntary duty to thank him in the hope of encouraging such professionals who are dedicated to keep up good work.

he current African swine fever outbreak in China has affected at least 86,000 hogs, threatening pork production before Chinese New Year, a time when demand for pork products is at its highest level

I already gave up eating cow. After looking at that adoreable pig in the second photo, no more pork for me.

Are Chinese-Made Pads and Tampons Safe?

Safe for what???

Giovanni Martini wrote:

Weren't they saying foreign fish were the cause? Those fish are slippery ones, all right: no passport, no visa. Swedish fish, I heard. (Which country a certain strata of humanity affects to like.)

Norwegian salmon, though I'm sure you knew that. They are backing off on this though. Chinese media reported today that coronavirus was not detected in salmon before it entered the market, and in fact other areas of the market had positive results as well. Here is a Chinese article http://finance.sina.com.cn/chanjing/cyxw/2020-06-17/doc-iircuyvi8910522.shtml

Giovanni Martini wrote:

A salmon is the culprit? "By Cor! The one in pink, 'e dunnit! He was always a col', slimy bassert, tha' 'un!"

Looks like fast food is the only safe stuff left to eat. (Except Popeye's chicken samwitches, which a community activist is liable to kill you for.)

Don't you be talkin' smack about Popeyes. We're gonna' have a problem if'n you do.