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fairfieldtowers

Date for my diary

Sep 29, 2015 03:00

娟 will be one of the dancers at a performance in front of the Chinese leaders on October Revolution day (1st October). It should be broadcast on CCTV 1 (the Chinese equivalent of Auntie Beeb 1) after all the speechifying etc. The performance is scheduled for 8pm Chinese time, 1pm here ( Read more... )

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g8bur September 28 2015, 21:16:21 UTC

0.5G? That's some audience! I haven't had a WWP for over ten years now, so won't be able to see it, though.

Please wish her the best of luck from me!

fairfieldtowers September 29 2015, 10:43:24 UTC

0.5G? That's some audience!

It's a big country :)

Quite how big I hadn't really realised until 娟 was flying back from Urumqi to Changsha and it was a 5h 40m flight plus a 1h stopover in Xi'an - and Xi'an is almost on a direct route between the two.
Here's a comparative map -
http://tinyurl.com/uk-v-china
Changsha is the arrow near the middle

She went out by sleeper train as there were three others going out as well to help with setting up the new office - a smidgen over 24 hours on a high speed train! She came back on her own so flying much safer.

I gather that very few people watch the speeches but lots tune in to see all the performances as they're always pretty spectacular. Usually shown on CCTV 1.

I haven't had a WWP for over ten years nowI've the two I won in competitions but nary an aerial in sight. I was going to sell one but the 40" in the bedroom is hooked up to a DVD player with a dangling HDMI lead for the flaptop, 50" in the lounge with blu-ray player ( ... )

g8bur September 29 2015, 15:13:44 UTC

... from Urumqi to Changsha and it was a 5h 40m flight plus a 1h stopover in Xi'an - and Xi'an is almost on a direct route between the two.

Good grief! The cross-USA flights (JFK-LAX) which I took in the '80s were quicker than that!

That certainly puts it in perspective. I didn't realise quite how wide China was.

http://wwitv.com/ is your friend :)

If that's live, I'd still need a licence, but I can no doubt find the programme on catch-up somewhere, which ATM is still licence-free until the greedy hooters change the law as they've threatened to do...

Just hope there isn't a major news event that takes precedence

Likewise; I hope you are able to view the show without interruption.

fairfieldtowers September 30 2015, 00:15:24 UTC

Good grief! The cross-USA flights (JFK-LAX) which I took in the '80s were quicker than that!

Well you do have to factor in congested airways, holding in a landing pattern and landing /take off speeds.

I flew China Southern last time to Shanghai via KLM to Amsterdam thence to Changsha - via Nanjing - so two sides of a triangle. Hehe, I got the giggles when hfring the China Telecom SIM to say I was at Pu Dong airport in China - Pu Dong is pronounced "pee dung" :) Flew back China Eastern to Beijing then Air WOCAB via Paris - most supercilious flight attendants I've ever come across on the long haul bit.

The flight out was great, a gaijin (foreigner) who speaks a bit of Chinese gets lots of attention, even got asked for a date if I was staying in Shanghai - much to the annoyance of the youngish Chinese bloke in the next seat.It seems Chinese girls are fascinated by westerners who can hold even a basic conversation in their language. Beards also seem to fascinate them as well for some reason.

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