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Post Report of the Day

Beijing, China

Do you have any recommendations regarding mobile phones? Did you keep your home-country plan or use a local provider?

You can buy one here, install a SIM card, and buy pay-as-you-go cards. You must have a phone. You do not want to get lost or injured and be without one, because no one will...

What are the particular advantages of living in this city?

It's a shopper's paradise: pearls, clothes, even furniture. And there is more to see than you could possibly fit in: the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City... Lots of people travel to other...