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Getting booted out of a hotel by Beijing's finest

BEIJING - I had the luxury of attending Beijing's Pine Valley golf course last weekend, and it's definitely impressive. The course holds the Pine Valley Beijing Open, and was designed by none-other than Jack Nicklaus himself. We were there... ...full story at Zhongnanhai

from Zhongnanhai on Wed, May 07 2008

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