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ARNOLD SCHWARZSTEIN, OR WHATEVER HIS REAL NAME IS, FROM CALIFORNICATION, AND BOTH GEORGES, SENIOR, AND BOY GEORGE, WILL BE AWAY THIS WEEK IN CHINA SPREADING THE NEWEST VERSION OF SARS AND HOPING IT WORKS A LOT BETTER THAN THE FIRST VERSION...



OOPS THATS JUST MY OPINION SO DO NOT WORRY ITS ONLY CHINA ANYWAY



BUT YES THEY ALL THREE WILL BE THERE IN CHINA AND I AM THINKING WOW WHAT A GREAT TIME FOR SEISMIC EVENTS TO DROP CALIFORNICATION RIGHT INTO THE SEA, AND ALLOW OTHER WEATHER MAYHEM TO ERUPT IN FLORIDA AND THE EAST IN GENERAL, AND MAYBE ANOTHER NUKE EXERCISE GONE LIVE OR SOME BIOTECH HERE TOO....



WELL, WE SHALL SEE, SHALL WE NOT?



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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD

Associated Press Writer



November 12, 2005, 5:21 AM EST



LOS ANGELES -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to jet to China and Hong Kong this weekend, where he'll try to exchange his blistered campaign image for the role of celebrity statesman and retailer.



The Republican governor's long-scheduled, six-day tour will take him to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong to promote trade along the Pacific Rim. He'll arrive Monday with a group of nearly 80 corporate and business executives eager to sell products from pharmaceuticals to chardonnay to Mickey Mouse.



For Schwarzenegger, the trip provides a convenient opportunity for favorable publicity just days after his collapse at the polls -- voters rejected all four of his "year of reform" ballot proposals Tuesday, severely downsizing his Terminator political reputation.



The China trip "does have the effect of changing the subject," said Jim Brulte, the state Senate's former Republican leader.



Schwarzenegger is scheduled to leave California Sunday and arrive Monday in Beijing, heading directly to a Special Olympics ceremony and an evening reception with the members of his business entourage.



Along with business meetings and forums to pitch California products, Schwarzenegger will attend a film premiere in Shanghai, give a speech at Qinghua University and tour a steel factory.



The governor is expected to raise several sticky issues with Chinese officials, including the spread of pirated U.S. software, music and movies. Aides said part of the mission is to encourage the Chinese government to take voluntary steps to stop the flow of billions of dollars in U.S. property to counterfeiters.



Nearly 80 companies and trade groups are sending executives to accompany the governor, including the Walt Disney Co., Miller Brewing, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Pfizer Inc., according to the governor's office.



A business-connected foundation is picking up part of the trip's costs in an arrangement that alarmed good-government advocates.



Many costs for Schwarzenegger and his aides will be paid by the tax-exempt California Protocol Foundation, which is soliciting contributions of up to $50,000 from business donors, The Sacramento Bee reported last month. The foundation, affiliated with the California Chamber of Commerce, is not disclosing its contributor list, the newspaper said.



"This is a government getting favors from who knows?" said Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies. "It's important we know who is trying to curry favor with the governor."



Schwarzenegger spokesman Rob Stutzman said the foundation had funded trips for two previous governors.



"They're onto us," Stutzman said in an e-mail. "We're trying to improve California businesses. Guilty."



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Yuan market ignores Bush's China call



Reuters

Wednesday, November 9, 2005; 4:19 AM



SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yuan non-deliverable forward market ignored increased pressure by U.S. President George W. Bush on China to let its currency appreciate, with six-month and one-year contracts factoring in lower premiums on Wednesday.



Bush, who is due to visit China from November 19 as part of a four-nation trip to Asia, urged Beijing on Tuesday to do more to allow the yuan to strengthen and said the trade imbalance between the two countries was "bothersome."







He told Asian journalists he would discuss his hopes for more currency flexibility with Chinese President Hu



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Beijingwarnsofattacksonhotels:US

Published:Thursday,10November,2005¨08:40AMDohaTime

BEIJING:ChinesepolicehavewarnedthatIslamicextremistscouldbeplanningattacksonluxuryhotelsinChinanextweek,theUSembassyinBeijingsaidyesterday,10daysbeforeavisitbyUSPresidentGeorgeWBush.

â??TheembassyhaslearnedthatChinesepoliceadvisedhotelsthatIslamicextremistelementscouldbeplanningtoattackfourandfivestarhotelsinChinasometimeoverthecourseofthenextweek,â?astatementontheembassyâ??swebsitesaid.

â??Chineseauthoritieshaveassuredtheembassythattheyaretakingappropriatesecuritymeasuresandinvestigatingthepossiblethreatthoroughly.â?

TheUSwarningadvisedAmericansvisitingChinesefourandfivestarhotelstoâ??reviewtheirplanscarefullyâ?,â??remainvigilantwithregardtotheirpersonalsecurityâ?andâ??exercisecautionâ?.

Embassyspokespeopleofferednofurtherdetails.

SimilarnoticeswerepostedonthewebsitesofUSconsulatesinotherChinesecities,includingShanghai.

ThewarningcameaheadofUSPresidentGeorgeWBushsthree-dayvisittoChinastartingNovember19Æ

AhostofotherUSgovernmentofficialsaredueinChinanextweekincludingCaliforniangovernorArnoldSchwarzenegger,whoisduetoarriveinBeijingforafour-daytriponMonday.

GeorgeBushSr,theformerpresident,isalsodueinBeijingforaChina-USrelationsforum,whileUSTradeRepresentativeRobPortmanisscheduledtoarriveinthecapitalfortradetalks.

AChineseforeignministryspokeswomansaidshewasunabletoimmediatelycommentontheUSstatement.

â??Wehaveputthequestionforwardtotheconcerneddepartmentsandwearetryingtobetterunderstandthesituation,â?shesaid.

SeveralluxuryhotelsinBeijingsaidtheyhadreceivednosuchwarning.

â??ThisisthefirstIâ??veheardofthis,â?saidasecurityofficeratthefive-starStRegisHotel,wherevisitingUSofficialsoftenstay.

TheKunlunHotelsaidithadbeennotifiedbutonlyfromorganisersoftheforumtobeattendedbyGeorgeBushSr!=â??China-USRelations:Trade,Diplomacy,andResearchâ??â??whichisscheduledtobeheldatthehotel.