Category: City Guide

Commercial street top 10 in China:Causeway Bay in Hong Kong 香港铜锣湾

Causeway Bay is the main commercial and leisure distict in Hong Kong, boasting a variety of shopping malls, including 13-story Japanese department store Sogo, Times Square and World Trade Centre. Rent for retailers in Causeway has been the world's highest since it surpassed that of New York's Fifth Avenue in 2012. The area also includes a number of outdoor spaces, like Victoria Park and Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. Visitors to the area can also enjoy night views of the bay from Typhoon Shelter sculling boats, which tourists agree is an amazing experience.
 

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Commercial street top 10 in China: Nanjing Road in Shanghai 上海南京路

Nanjing Road is not only the most famous commercial street in Shanghai – it has also been designated"China's No. 1 Commercial Street." It consists of Nanjing East Road (including Nanjing Road pedestrian street) and Nanjing West Road. Nanjing East Road is known for fair price products and tourism. Nanjing West Road is famous for luxury product and high-end service. As one of the hottest tourist destinations in Shanghai, its variety of products and considerate service attract numerous travelers from China and abroad.
 

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A delicious turtle in China airport

A man tried to smuggle his pet turtle through security in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport by hiding it in a KFC hamburger.日前在广州白云国际机场,一名男子为使宠物龟顺利通过安检,竟试图把它藏在肯德基汉堡包里。
The incident occurred on the morning of July 29, when a man, surnamed Li, was about to board China Southern Airlines flight 345 to Beijing, Guangzhou Daily reported. As Li passed through airport security, X-ray screening machines detected a few "odd protrusions" sticking out of a KFC burger that the man had packed in his bag.据广州日报报道,事件发生在7月29日早上,一名李姓男子正准备乘坐中国南方航空公司345航班飞往北京。当他通过机场安检时,X光安检机检测到这名男子包里的汉堡包有些异常突出物。
Airport staff determined that the protrusions looked suspiciously like turtle limbs, and asked to inspect Li’s luggage.机场工作人员认为突出物疑似乌龟四肢,因此要求检查李某的行李。
"There’s no turtle in there, just a hamburger," Li reportedly insisted. "There’s nothing special to see inside."“没有乌龟,只有汉堡,” 李某坚持说,“里面没什么好看的。”
Li finally acquiesced to an inspection after repeated requests from airport staff, who uncovered the pet turtle hidden inside the burger. When asked why he had devised this strange idea, Li said that he had only wanted to travel together with his "beloved" turtle.在工作人员再三坚持下,李某最后默许了行李检查,结果发现乌龟被藏在了汉堡里。当被问到为什么会有这个奇怪的想法时,李某说他只是想和心爱的乌龟一起旅行。
After staff patiently explained that turtles could not be smuggled on board the plane, Li reluctantly agreed to allow a friend to care for his pet while he was away.工作人员耐心地解释,乌龟不能被带上飞机,李某这才勉强同意在自己离开的这段时间里,把乌龟托付给朋友照看。
A few amused Sina Weibo users commented on the story after it went live, and most said that Li’s affection for his turtle was cute. One user, however, questioned Li’s logic for stuffing his pet into a burger and then sending it through an airport screening machine.事后,几名新浪微博用户评论了此事,多数人认为李某对乌龟的感情很可爱。然而,一位用户也质疑了李某的逻辑,怎么会把乌龟装进汉堡,又送它通过机场检测机。

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British series:the new sexy for Chinese video websites

British series is the new sexy for Chinese video websites in their eager search for a new ocean of content.在中国视频网站热门搜索中,英剧已然成为新的热点。
Major video websites in China, such as Youku Tudou Inc, Sohu and Tencent have released about 1,000 episodes of British dramas recently.中国主要门户网站优酷土豆、搜狐、腾讯近日已经发布近1000集英剧。
Youku Tudou, for example, offers all episodes of Downton Abbey, Sherlock and Black Mirror on its British Drama Channel, which opened in late April. It will screen the fourth season of Downton Abbey in September.例如,优酷土豆在其去年4月开通的英剧频道,已发布了《唐顿庄园》《神探夏洛克》《黑镜》全集,并在9月还将推出《唐顿庄园》第四季。

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Commercial street top 10 in China: Ximending in Taipei 台北西门町

Located in the northeast of Wanhua District, Taipei City, Ximending is an important shopping and leisure district, as well as the first pedestrian zone in Taiwan . As the most popular leisure district in Taiwan, Ximending has over 20 theaters and 6,000 vendors. Venues hold small concerts and record pre-sales almost every week. In addition, the local snacks are unmissable. The most famous ones include oyster omelets, braised pork rice, beef noodles, pan-fried buns and bubble tea.
 

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A forgotten Chinese-American university student

A Chinese-American university student mistakenly left in a Drug Enforcement Administration interrogation room for five days will receive $4.1 million from the government in a settlement in advance of a lawsuit.一位美籍华裔大学生被“遗忘” 在美国缉毒署审讯室达5天之久。该名学生目前与缉毒署达成和解,将获赔410万美元。
The settlement was announced Tuesday in San Diego by the student, Daniel Chong, 25, and his lawyer, Eugene Iredale.这位25岁的学生名叫丹尼尔·钟,他和他的律师艾尔代尔周二在圣地亚哥宣布了这项和解内容。
"It was an accident, a really bad, horrible accident," said Chong, who added that he now suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.“这是一起事故,一起非常严重恶劣的事故”,丹尼尔表示现在自己还遭受创伤后应激障碍的折磨。
The bizarre event in April 2012 began when Chong, an engineering student at UC San Diego, went to a house near campus to smoke marijuana with friends and found himself swept up in a DEA raid.丹尼尔是加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校工程学专业的学生,这起事件发生在2012年4月,当时他和朋友在学校附近的一处房子里吸食大麻,结果遇到了缉毒署的突袭抓捕行动。
After being questioned briefly at the DEA facility in San Diego, he was told he would be released. But, for reasons that remain unclear, he was left for five days in a 5-by-10-foot windowless room without food, water or toilet facilities.在被圣地亚哥缉毒局执法人员简单询问后,他被告知将很快被释放。但因为某些未知原因,他被关进一间面积约只有4.5平方米的牢房里长达5天,没有窗户,没有食物和水,也没有厕所设施。
He suffered hallucinations and was forced to drink his urine to survive. He screamed for help. Fearing he would die, he broke his glasses and scrawled the message, “Sorry, mom” on his arm.丹尼尔甚至出现了幻觉,为了生存他被迫喝下自己的尿液。他大声呼叫求助,因为怕自己会死掉,他打破了眼镜在自己的手臂上刻下了“对不起,妈妈” 这样的遗言。
When he was discovered by DEA employees, he was covered in his own feces and severely dehydrated. He was rushed to a hospital, close to kidney failure and breathing with difficulty. He spent five days in the hospital.在被缉毒局工作人员发现时,丹尼尔身上都是自己的排泄物,身体严重脱水。随后他被立即送往了医院,身体出现了肾功能衰竭和呼吸困难。他住院治疗了5天。
Days later, a top DEA official apologized to Chong and ordered an “extensive review” of DEA procedures.几天后,圣地亚哥缉毒局的高级官员向丹尼尔道歉,并表示将督促对缉毒署工作流程进行广泛审查。

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China halted imports of milk powder from Australia

China has halted imports of all milk powder from New Zealand and Australia after bacteria that can cause botulism was found in some dairy products.在发现新西兰和澳大利亚生产的乳制品中含有肉毒杆菌后,中国已停止从两国进口各类奶粉产品。
While there was no official word of a ban from Chinese authorities, China’s consumer watchdog named four companies that had imported potentially contaminated products from Fonterra.尽管中国有关部门没有发布官方正式禁止文件,但消费者保护组织称,有四家公司曾从新西兰恒天然集团进口过可能含有肉毒杆菌污染的产品。
In a statement on its website, the general administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine identified the companies as Dumex Baby Food, two subsidiaries of Wahaha Group, one of the largest beverage manufacturers in China, and the state-owned Shanghai Sugar, Tobacco and Alcohol company.质量监督检验检疫总局在其网站上发表声明,这四家公司是:多美滋婴儿食品公司、中国最大饮料制造商之一——哇哈哈集团下的两家分公司和国营上海糖业烟酒集团。
Other countries also were reportedly halting imports and ordering recalls of New Zealand-made dairy products. In New Zealand, Nutricia, a division of Danone, recalled some types of infant formulas sold under the Karicare brand.据称,其他国家也停止进口商品,并要求召回新西兰所产乳制品。达能集团新西兰纽迪西亚分公司已经召回部分可瑞康名下的婴儿配方奶粉。
The bacteria behind the latest scare, Clostridium Botulinum, is often found in soil. The Fonterra case was caused by a dirty pipe at a processing plant.引起这次食品恐慌的细菌名为肉毒杆菌,经常存在于土壤中。本次事件中,恒天然集团食品加工工厂里水管受污染,致使肉毒杆菌进入产品。
It can cause botulism, a potentially fatal disease that affects the muscles and can cause respiratory problems. Infant botulism can attack the intestinal system. This is the second contamination issue involving Fonterra this year.这种细菌可引起肉毒中毒——一种影响肌肉、造成呼吸障碍的致命疾病。婴儿肉毒中毒后还会有肠道系统受损症状。这是恒天然集团今年第二起食品污染事件。

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