Shanghai Era | Shanghai | Dec 1, 2007 19:57
If you are looking for a Chinese acrobatic show, you must see Era which is being performed at Shanghai Circus World. It was awesome! Full of stunts and it is amazingly creative with excellent priced tickets. Their website is
www.era-shanghai.com. Their location is easy to get to. It has its own stop off the red line subway!

Hotel Booking | Beijing | Dec 1, 2007 19:53
I booked a hotel through sinohotel and was not told that a passport was needed to check into a Beijing hotel...even when I asked by phone and multiple times by email what was needed for hotel check in. We traveled from Shanghai by over night train and only brought copies of our passports. We were not able to check into a hotel, and had to return to Shanghai on the next over night train. Noble Times Hotel Beijing attempted to rip us off by asking us to pay 300RMB more than what sinohotel quoted us at. When calling the receptonist on her scam, we were suddenly unable to check into our hotel with a copy of our passport. You must have your original passport to check into Beijing hotels and they are extremely unhelpful! I also felt that we were not properly informed by sinohotels!