http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web en-us N/A cam@performance-intl.com Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:46:49 PST 20 false false false clean http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web/articles/288/1/One-flashy-train-two-shiny-new-stations/Page1.html Tianjin was also badly in need of a new train station.  The old one, appropriately called the “temporary station”, resembled a barn, right down to the lack of seating and air conditioning. In fact, many parts of the waiting hall were literally open to the elements, forcing people to brace for blistering icy winds in January or try and wait under under a slowly-moving fan hanging from a 25 meter ceiling in the summer; a few thousand sweaty nongmins and a dripping wet token laowai in sweltering heat does not a happy trip make.]]> no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web/articles/288/1/One-flashy-train-two-shiny-new-stations/Page1.html http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web/articles/257/1/Impressions-Qingdao/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web/articles/257/1/Impressions-Qingdao/Page1.html http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web/articles/253/1/Four-nights-in-Qingdao/Page1.html ]]> no@spam.com (Cam MacMurchy) http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web/articles/253/1/Four-nights-in-Qingdao/Page1.html http://www.zhongnanhaiblog.com/web/articles/249/1/North-Chinas-Hainan/Page1.html are some "tropical" islands in Northern China, after all.  We recently had the chance to take part in a media trip to Crescent Moon Island, about 8 kilometers off the coast near Tangshan in Hebei Province, to lay on the sand and eat some fresh seafood.  And we were pleasantly surprised with the experience.
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