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  license plate of mainland china - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
The current plates are of the 1992 standard, which consist of the one-character provincial abbreviation, a letter of the alphabet, and five number or letters of the alphabet (e.g.
Plates with one character in red, the others in fl, set on a white background, are either military or armed police (red character for military, red "WJ" for armed police).
Licence plates with a fl background and special characters are used for vehicles in cross-border traffic in Hong Kong and Macao, for trips to and from Mainland China.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/license-plate-of-mainland-china   (971 words)

  
 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Driver licences carry a unique identifying number, date of birth and photograph of the holder, and apart from passports and a special-purpose 18+ card are the only legal form of ID for buying alcohol or tobacco.
Licence is also sometimes supplemented by a special card called "временное разрешение" (temporal permission), which serves for registering an offense points and as a temporal licence if main one is seized by authorities for serious traffic offences.
Legal driving age is 18 years and to obtain a licence one have to be physically fit to driving (including a certificates of mental fitness and lack of registration as a substance abuser) and have to pass the test at the local traffic police authorities for a certain fee.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Driving_test   (11780 words)

  
 Vehicle registration plate at AllExperts
A vehicle registration plate, usually called license plate or number plate (often referred to simply as a plate, or colloquially tag) is a small metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle for official identification purposes.
The current plates are of the 1992 standard, which consist of the one-character provincial abbreviation, a letter of the Latin alphabet corresponding to a certain city in the province, and five numbers or letters of the alphabet (e.g.
Plates are associated with a vehicle and generally last for its life, though as they become unreadable (or for other reasons) they may be recalled or replaced with newer ones.
en.allexperts.com /e/v/ve/vehicle_registration_plate.htm   (4016 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Chinese cuisine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chinese cuisine is widely seen as representing one of the richest and most diverse culinary cuisines and heritages in the world.
In a Chinese meal, each individual diner is given his or her own bowl of rice while the accompanying dishes are served in communal plates (or bowls) that are shared by everyone sitting at the table, a communal service known as "family style" in Western nations.
A Chinese meal in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, with bowls of white rice, shrimp, eggplant, fermented tofu, vegetable stir-fries, vegetarian duck, and a central dish with meat and bamboo.
en.pediax.org /Chinese_cuisine   (1566 words)

  
 Vehicle registration plate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The plate has a serial number or other alphanumeric number on it which is specific for the vehicle; all plates attached to that vehicle display this number.
Plates usually are either directly fixed to a vehicle or located in a plate frame which is itself fixed to the vehicle.
The current plates are of the 1992 standard, which consist of the one-character provincial abbreviation, a letter of the Latin alphabet corresponding to a certain city in the province, and five numbers or letters of the alphabet (e.g.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/License_plate   (4385 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Licence plates of the People's Republic of China
Vehicles from Hong Kong and Macao are required to apply for licence plates, usually from Guangdong province, to travel on roads in mainland China.
The current plates are of the 1992 standard, which consist of the one-character provincial abbreviation, a letter of the alphabet, and five number or letters of the alphabet (Ex.
Licence plates with a fl background and the character 港 or 澳 in place of the last number are used for Hong Kong and Macao vehicles, respectively, when they engage in cross-border traffic to and from Mainland China.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Mainland_Chinese_licence_plates   (1866 words)

  
 Sport Portal - Car Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
In fact, the Learner's Licence for cars is not given until at least the date of the applicant's 18th birthday and is withheld until the theoretical exam is passed.
Learner plates (a magnetic or non-magnetic blue square with a white "L" on it) are to be used when the driver is one whom holds a Learner's Licence.
Most licence issuing authorities require people who hold "foreign" driving licences who move their residence to their area to obtain a local driving licence within a limited time (typically 1 year), although European Union drivers who move from one EU state to another can continue driving on their original licences until age 70.
www.sports.freegames.eu.com /modules.php?name=Car_Show-MM&page=Driver_license.html   (4432 words)

  
 Driver's license at AllExperts
A driver's license or driver license or operator license (U.S), driving licence (UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malta), driver licence (Canada, Australia, New Zealand) or driver's permit (Israel), is an official document which states that a person has the necessary qualifications to operate a motorized vehicle, such as a motorcycle, car, truck, or a bus.
Once gained, it allows a learner to drive provided they display fl-on-yellow learner plates and are accompanied by a "supervisor" (being any person who is over 20 years of age and who has held a Full Licence for at least two years).
During this period, he is required to display one triangular plate at the top right portion of the front windscreen, and the other triangular plate at the top right portion of the rear windscreen.
en.allexperts.com /e/d/dr/driver's_license.htm   (7316 words)

  
 Licence plates of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vehicles from Hong Kong and Macao are required to apply for licence plates, usually from Guangdong province, to travel on roads in mainland China.
The current plates are of the 1992 standard, which consist of the one-character provincial abbreviation, a letter of the alphabet, and five number or letters of the alphabet (Ex.
Licence plates with a fl background and the character 港 or 澳 in place of the last number are used for Hong Kong and Macao vehicles, respectively, when they engage in cross-border traffic to and from Mainland China.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mainland_Chinese_licence_plates   (1892 words)

  
 Gotta know 'em, eh? - Provinces
Except for the Peace River country in the northeast, all of B.C. is mountainous, the mainland being traversed by a series of mountain ranges from the Coast Mountains on the Pacific Ocean to the slightly more imaginatively named Rockies on its eastern boundary.
Licence plates read "Birthplace of Confederation" (referring to the 1864 constitutional conference) or "Confederation Bridge".
Mainland Labrador makes up 73% of the land area of the province but is home to only 5% of its population.
www.caql.org /gottaknow/provinces.html   (2570 words)

  
 Pedal power declining on the roads
Bicycles on Chinese roads used to be as ubiquitous as cabbages in Beijing winters but public transport and private cars are edging the bike off the roads.
Beijing authorities issued laser-technology licence plates with information about the owner to curb rampant theft in 2002.
The provincial government stopped bicycle registration late last year to save owners the trouble from procedures which are believed to have played little role in theft prevention, a spokesman with the provincial government says.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-02/06/content_303500.htm   (1390 words)

  
 Pedal power declining on the roads
Bicycles on Chinese roads used to be as ubiquitous as cabbages in Beijing winters but public transport and private cars are edging the bike off the roads.
Beijing authorities issued laser-technology licence plates with information about the owner to curb rampant theft in 2002.
The provincial government stopped bicycle registration late last year to save owners the trouble from procedures which are believed to have played little role in theft prevention, a spokesman with the provincial government says.
www.womenfitness.net /cn_pedal_power.htm   (1320 words)

  
 Newcomers Guide - Cars and Driving - Settlement and Multiculturalism - Ministry of Attorney General
You may be exempt from transferring to a BC licence if you are attending a designated institution for study.
To apply for a B.C. driver’s licence, you must be 16 years old or older.
You can practice driving with this licence, but you must always have someone 25 years old or older who has a driver’s licence sitting next to you.
www.ag.gov.bc.ca /sam/newcomers_guide/nc_ch9.htm   (1949 words)

  
 Easy rider
Zhao, who owned the first certified BMW motorcycle in China, says Harley-Davidson opened its first store in Beijing because controls there over the use of motorcycles are not as strict as in Shanghai, where the company's Asia headquarters are located.
Zhao says it is complicated to get licence plates for motorcycles in Beijing, but dealers can arrange this for customers.
Foley says the Beijing store has a select range of certified Touring, Softail and VRSCTM motorcycles, all built in compliance with Chinese vehicle regulations, which is how the company imported them to China.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /bw/2006-05/08/content_583688.htm   (809 words)

  
 Summary of Events in Lesotho - 2nd quarter 1997
The blue number plates allowed Maseru District up to 9999 different registrations after which A was followed by AA with a further 999 registrations, the sequence continuing AB, AC etc (but omitting AI) until early 1997, when AK number plates were first issued.
She was, for example, the first Mosotho woman to have a driving licence and the first Mosotho woman parliamentarian.
The significant number of Chinese doctors from Taiwan in Maseru offering treatments ranging from acupuncture to moxibustion was augmented in April by the arrival of the first members of a team of Chinese doctors from mainland China.
www.trc.org.ls /events/events19.972.htm   (8137 words)

  
 MaritimeDigital Portal - (c) Frederic Logghe
First, a Chinese fishing boat with 27 people on board sank there; three sailors were rescued but the others are still missing.
A Chinese official said the ship was carrying a cargo of seafood to Indonesia, but he didn't know the ship's name or the nationality of its crew.
Previously, no steelworks in mainland China was able to produce five-meter wide and heavy plates and most domestic shipbuilders had to import such plates from South Korea and Japan.
www.ibiblio.org /maritime/Portal/News/newsmonth.php?vrmonth=2006-02   (13842 words)

  
 Handgun Hunter Magazine
Also for $20 any one can get a commercial licence in Tassie so its not really worthwhile trying to shoot for a living.
On the mainland commercial shooters get permits for on average 100,000 roo a year per shooter but its hard work and not many make much more than a living.
A good flat shooter is handy but Craig and I always carry a backup because we often find ourselves shooting in the hills at less than 50 yards.
www.handgunhunt.com /feature/s11/index.html   (311 words)

  
 FT.com / Home UK / UK - China and Taiwan pose a new problem   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
The council, whose function was to set the conditions for unifying Taiwan with mainland China, was created in 1990 when Taiwan was ruled by one party, the Nationalists, and has been operationally moribund for years.
Even with the hyper-economic activity between mainland China and the island, fewer than 10 per cent of Taiwan's population consider themselves simply "Chinese", according to surveys.
The political tectonic plates that divide the Taiwan Strait are shifting, and they are not moving closer toward each other.
www.ft.com /cms/s/bad4ffa2-aa5b-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.html   (941 words)

  
 Taiwan travel guide - Wikitravel
A mix of Taiwanese, Mandarin, Hakka and other "Chinese" languages are spoken on the island, as well as several aboriginal Austronesian languages.
In the North where there is a large concentration of so-called "mainlanders" (those whose families came to Taiwan from China in the mid 20th century), most people speak Mandarin as their primary language (although Taiwanese is spoken in abundance), but in the South of the island, Taiwanese is far more common.
Many Taiwanese restaurants offer plates of raw, sliced red meat and uncooked seafood that are brought to the table and either barbecued or simmered in a pot of stock.
wikitravel.org /en/Taiwan   (9777 words)

  
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Between 1949 and 1951, the mainland Chinese government occupied and nationalized Tibet as a part of China...
The meaning of the flag images, and a short history are here and here.
We present the following plate designs in support of the Tibetan people, both at home and in exile.
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 Two mainland China students shot dead in Ottawa Chinatown cafe - Yellowworld Forums
The men, who are believed to be Chinese nationals, were shot multiple times just before 3 a.m.
Both had Quebec licence plates and decals of the Chinese flag and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
P.J. Chiu, publisher and chief editor of The Capital Chinese News, was shocked to hear about the shootings as he dropped off copies of the latest edition of his newspaper at shops along Somerset St.
forums.yellowworld.org /showthread.php?t=27572   (1733 words)

  
 An Appraisal of Technologies of Political Control
That is, after the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese authorities needed weapons options which would not excite international criticism, particularly when some much lucrative foreign investment was entering the Tiger economies of the Pacific Rim.
The system is trained to recognise number plates based on neural network technology developed by Cambridge Neurodynamics, and can see both night and day.
Just as plastic bullets were considered far too dangerous for use in mainland Britain until 1985 when they proliferated throughout the UK's police forces,so were wooden baton rounds regarded as too dangerous for the residents of Northern Ireland but not Hong Kong.
www.iwar.org.uk /sigint/resources/stoa/stoa-report.htm   (12245 words)

  
 England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Also, it has recently been suggested that recent changes to the licencing laws (below) have helped them by making it possible for people to stay later in their local pub at weekends, rather than having to go "to town" to continue the evening.
Although traditional pub licencing laws severely restricted their hours of operation, laws enacted in 2005 allow pubs to request more flexible opening hours.
These include not eating with fingers or off of other’s plates, not talking with your mouth full, asking others to pass condiments instead of reaching over the table, and always waiting your turn and thanking the host, bill payer or waiter.
www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=404   (5859 words)

  
 unpan
Chinese law experts believe that the Chinese legislature's decision to revise the law was primarily based on a report on the implementation of the Criminal Procedural Law conducted by the Standing Committee of the NPC in 2000.
Hou Zongbin, director of the Committee of the Internal and Judicial Affairs of the NPC said in his report that the most severe problem he found in his study of the implementation of the law in six provinces is the use of torture to extract confessions.
Chinese law experts believe that the Chinese legislature has made a final decision to revise the Criminal Procedural Law, primarily based on a report on the implementation of the Criminal Procedural Law conducted by the Standing Committee of the NPC in 2000.
unpan1.un.org /intradoc/groups/public/documents/apcity/unpan021009.htm   (14387 words)

  
 OrdinaryGweilo.com: Food and Drink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Of course, I knew that it probably wasn't exactly the same as the Chinese food in China, but it was different from European food and I liked it.
I was quite surprised to find that it was so different to the Chinese food that I had eaten in the UK, and amazed by the variety of dishes.
Balti literally means pot, and the restaurants (or 'Balti houses') tended to be very simple places with no licence to serve alcohol (meaning that a trip to a nearby off-licence was part of the whole 'Ladypool Road' experience).
www.ordinarygweilo.com /food_and_drink/index.html   (9296 words)

  
 Travel guide for Taiwan - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc
A mix of Taiwanese, Mandarin, Hakka and other varieties of Chinese are spoken on the island, as well as many aboriginal languages.
In the North where there is a large concentration of Mainlanders, most people speak Mandarin as their primary language (although Taiwanese is spoken in abundance), but in the South of the island, Taiwanese becomes more standard.
To simplify a complex situation, pan-blue supporters tend to be more favorable toward the idea of reunification with the mainland and pan-green supporters tend to be more favorable toward the idea of establishing an independent Republic of Taiwan, among other differences.
paganel.eu /taiwan/index.html   (9528 words)

  
 China is open - The HUBB
Harley Owners Group Hong-Kong is just preparing two rides in Mainland China again and will cost them dearly once again after all the paperwork is completed and those police escorts.
We answered: we are interested in other cultures and we got an international driving licence.
The Kulan Pass from Tajikistan NW of Tashkurgan is 1st class, Irkeshtam and the road from Urumqi to Kasakstan as well.
www.horizonsunlimited.com /hubb/southern-asia/china-is-open-18965   (1065 words)

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