What happens when your bicycle is stolen in Beijing

Thousands of bicycles are stolen each day in Beijing.



Xinhua in 2007 reported that Beijing authorities had arrested 329 bicycle theft gangs, arrested 3,686 suspects, raided 774 hide-outs and confiscated 18,825 bicycles by November of that year. Those figures represented a 40% drop in bicycle theft.

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Readers of our other websites may know that we also cover Qatar with our website QatarVisitor.com.

We have now set up a companion website to Qatar Visitor.

At QatarVisitor jobs you can upload your CV, browse jobs and set up job alerts.

Employers who have already joined include the Marriot Doha Hotel, Brunel Oil and Gas and Compass International School.

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Harbin Ice Festival 2010

The 26th Harbin International Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival opened in Heilongjiang Province on Tuesday January 5th. In Harbin the amazing ice sculptures are illuminated at night with multi-colored lights embedded in the ice. Firework displays are also part of the attraction.



Disney style palaces, a huge pagoda and the Egyptian Spinx are all included in the ice sculptures this year.



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Du Jin Sheng Silk Weaving Factory and Museum

Du Jin Sheng Silk Weaving Factory and Museum in Hangzhou dates from the 1920s and is an award-winning center of silk production.



It is possible to visit the factory to learn about the silk-weaving process. The factory's museum exhibits some of the products made on the premises, including historic pieces.

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Listvyanka

For those of us in the northern hemisphere these photos will get us in a wintry mood, if we are not already snowed in.



Listvyanka on the shores of Lake Baikal is one of the coldest places on earth in winter.



Located 60km south east of Irkutsk, Listvyanka is the most popular spot for viewing Lake Baikal.



To reach Listvyanka from Irkutsk take a taxi (1 hour), bus (90 minutes) or boat (1 hour) down the Angara River.

Activities in Listvyanka include hiking, mountain-biking and horse riding in summer; snow sauna and dog-sledging in winter. Numerous hotels cater for tourists.

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Irkutsk

Irkutsk, near the shores of Lake Baikal, 5,185km from Moscow is one of the largest towns in Siberia.



Known as "The Paris of Siberia" the city has many beautiful churches and an historic railway station on the Trans-Siberian Express route.

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