Photo by centralasiatraveler Sometimes you wonder if China will finally make up her mind, flip-flopping over wanting tourists, then keeping them out even if they have got Olympic tickets for security reasons, going even to the extent of driving foreign... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Sat, Jul 19 2008
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