#Chinese tourists

[carlocarrasco]

Immigration officials intercept two foreign tourists suspected of attempting to work illegally in the Philippines

Two foreign tourists – one from China and the other from Vietnam – were intercepted by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for trying to work illegally in the country, according to a GMA Network news report. To put things in perspective, posted below is an excerpt from GMA news report. Some parts in boldface… The Bureau of Immigration intercepted two foreign nationals suspected of attempting to…

[panda-yoo]

Post-Pandemic, Why Are Chinese Tourists Less Keen on Traveling Abroad?

In the ever-evolving travel landscape, there’s a noticeable change in how Chinese tourists are interacting with the idea of overseas adventures, especially in the post-pandemic era. This shift is not merely a temporary reaction to the global health crisis, but possibly a reflection of deeper cultural and societal dynamics at play. This blog aims to delve into the decrease in overseas travel among…

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

miaozu fashion on xiaohongshu

[scotianostra]

Two lovely girls in Kimono's under Cherryblossom 🌸on Princes Street, I did chat to them and they're not Japanese, as I thought, but from China 🇨🇳

[xiangqiankua]

我一看到就很好奇，更想靠近

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Is this a computer chip? It's actually an aerial view of the Forbidden City. 🔲

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The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.

It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924.

The palace is now administered by the Palace Museum.

As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world.

The Forbidden City is arguably the most famous palace in all of Chinese history and is the largest preserved royal palace complex still standing in the world.

[queerism1969]

[thistransient]

CNY lights, in Ximen 西門 this time

[havatabanca]

[carlocarrasco]

5 Chinese nationals and a local driver arrested for alleged involvement in Parañaque City shooting incident

Recently in the city of Parañaque, a shooting incident took place which resulted in the arrests of five Chinese nationals and a local driver for their alleged involvement, according to a Manila Bulletin news report. To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the Manila Bulletin news report. Some parts in boldface… Five Chinese nationals and a Filipino who were allegedly…

[thathilomgirl]

I've always held back on buying the cute whale shark plushies whenever fly out from home

Not this time, though

[omgpurplefattie]

I made a playlist of walking tours through (mainly) Jiangnan water towns to let run in the background while I write, and I thought other people might have a use for it, too.

[lazer-screwdriver]

liz & spicy foods: yea or nay?

YES. Yes. She is an Indian food lover from day 1 and now can consume spices us mere mortals could only dream of.

[rabbitcruiser]

The City of Los Angeles was incorporated on April 4, 1850.  

[crossdressingdeath]

Y'know, the Read Riordan Hypnos spotlight (side note, very worried about that "Especially once [Nico's nightmares] become real" bit given how absolutely batshit Nico's nightmares are in the excerpt) has me thinking about Nyx again and how much it pisses me off that she's so damn stupid in HoH. And you know, I think the explanation that would be most satisfying is that... Nyx deliberately played along to let Percy and Annabeth go without having to outright say she was letting them go. Like, the sense I'm getting is that TSatS is going to feature Nyx as a major player (and probably an antagonist), and if she's got some sort of plan in place that's coming to fruition in TSatS (maybe involving getting out of Tartarus?) she'd likely need Gaia gone to enact it since if the world's ended any plan involving people in that world would be scuppered. Since the Seven needed Percy and Annabeth to complete the quest, assuming Nyx wanted the Seven to succeed she'd need to let them through, but if she just let them pass that might raise suspicions about her intentions. Hence, pretending to fall for the incredibly blatant lie that there are tourists in Tartarus. And also pretending that Mother Night can be easily outwitted by... making it darker. In fact I'm going to believe that that's the case unless it's explicitly proved to be false, because I cannot get over how stupid it is that Percy and Annabeth's tourist ploy actually worked. Like, I can't even be impressed by their success because you'd have to be a complete and utter moron to buy it. Feels a bit like taking candy from a baby if Nyx actually fully believed them.

Also, I'd love a bit in TSatS where Nyx gloats a bit at how effortlessly she got Percy and Annabeth past her without them realizing she was letting them go. Like... "Heroes are so gullible, they'll believe anything if it makes them look impressive!" Because it's incredibly stupid that Nyx bought the claim that there are tourists in a place that—at this point in the series—as far as we know only one person in the whole history of the setting has ever survived, and it's incredibly stupid that the goddess of night can be stopped dead by making it darker... but it's also incredibly stupid that Percy and Annabeth don't question either of those things. It doesn't make sense that a primordial goddess wouldn't realize that tourists wouldn't be in Tartarus, and it doesn't make sense that the goddess of night could be stopped by the magic darkness her children got the power to create from her, but they just... fully buy that both of those things worked and largely put the encounter with Nyx out of their minds. It would be interesting if the fact that these two believed wholeheartedly that a primordial goddess without hesitation took the word of two teenagers that they were tourists in the nigh-unsurvivable hellpit and then got outplayed by making the area darker despite being the goddess of night became a plot point because it was objectively ridiculous for that to actually work. Something something hubris something something.