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DHL’s Beijing Olympics Memo & Contingency Plan

Following yesterday’s scare about not being able to ship goods for the next 2 months, I received this very timely email from the DHL team. They are always on top of the fuel surcharge changes, and getting that information to me in a timely manner, and all I can say is that this document [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "DHL’s Beijing Olympics Memo & Contingency Plan", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/06/25/dhls-beijing-olympi c-memo-contingency-plan/" }); ...full story at All Roads

from All Roads on Wed, Jun 25 2008

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30 Apr 08 visit China Ensures the World a Safe Olympics  »  YouTube videoBeijing will ensure the world a safe Olympics WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 04-30-2008 14:42 Special Report: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games The demand for a well organized and thorough security plan on both government and public levels comes with the...
04 Jul 08 visit DHL China Updates Their Olympic Contingency Plan for Logistics  »  All Roads I have just received the latest contingency plan from my friends at DHL. Major update includes: Traffic control Traffic to skirt around BJ AFR DG embargo regulation OFR Tianjin Standby warehouse For the previous plan, you can go to DHL’s Beiji...
01 Jul 08 visit On Getting Your China Cargo/Freight/Product  »  China Law Blog DHL just came out with its 4th (and probably most important) volume in its "Olympics Memo And Contingency Plan." (h/t to All Roads Lead to China). This memo does an absolutely amazing job of listing out the rules and changes applicable to cargo and...
25 Jun 08 visit McDonald’s In China: Are They Lovin’ it Too Much?  »  All Roads When I lived in Tokyo in 95, McDonald’s was the place to be if you were a high school student with a moment of free time. Or 5 hours. Stores were densely packed in the city, multistory, and in areas like Shibuya you could find the golden arches on 2,3, or 4 corners. It [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "McDonald’s In China: Are They Lovin’ it Too Much?", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008 /06/25/mcdonalds-in-china-got ta-love-it-or-gotta-expect-qu estions/" });
26 Jun 08 visit The Olympic Effect on China’s Steel Industry: Rising Prices  »  All Roads “The Chinese government, in ensuring clean air and blue skies for Olympic athletes and visitors, are requiring 43 steel mills in3 Tianjin City and Hebei to halt or slash production during the session of the Games,” Malaysia Steel Works (KL) Bhd (Masteel) managing director Tai Hean Leng said in the article China’s Environ Policy May Fuel [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Olympic Effect on China’s Steel Industry: Rising Prices", url: "http://www.allroadsleadtochina.com/index.php/2008/06/26 /the-olympic-effect-on-chinas -steel-industry-rising-prices /" });
29 Jun 08 visit From the Archives: Pulp Fiction and Apartment Hunting in Beijing  »  Granite Studio Our lease is not up until after the Olympics, but we’re taking some time this month to look around and see what’s out there.  Even though I first thought it insane to even be looking at places right now, given the general avarice of the Landlord class with the big games around the corner, circumstances [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "From the Archives: Pulp Fiction and Apartment Hunting in Beijing", url: "http://granitestudio.org/2008/06/29/from-the-ar chives-pulp-fiction-and-apartment-hunting-in-beijing/" }); .

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