China Bound A Guide to Academic Life and Work in the PRC (1987) / Chapter Skim
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7. Leaving China
7. Leaving China
Pages 135-136
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Remember to take your passport with you when you deal with the airlines on any matter. Some travelers actually find it easier to mail their ticket back to the United States for flight validations or itinerary changes; in that case, however, be sure to allow six weeks turnaround time.
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As in other important activities, there is a ritual of leave-taking in China that begins a few weeks before departure: tea parties with colleagues and cadres from the unit, at least one farewell banquet, picturetaking sessions, exchanges of gifts, dinner invitations from Chinese friends, parties with foreign friends. The hectic schedule of arranging the myriad bureaucratic details and the rituals of departure also may be complicated by sudden professional opportunities as the host unit rushes to comply with longstanding requests.
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