Ma+Yi

Ma Yi Assistant Director of the Confucius Institute at Michigan State

Flight Information: ** Airline: United Airlines **

** 1) From Lansing to Beijing: ** ** Depart Lansing on December 2nd at 8:47 a.m., arrive Chicago 8:58 a.m. ** ** Depart Chicago 12:46 p.m., arrive Beijing 4:25 p.m. on December 3rd **

** 2) From Beijing back to Lansing ** ** Depart Beijing on December 10th at 5:25 p.m., arrive Chicago 4:27 p.m. on December 10th ** ** Depart Chicago on December 10th at 8:00 p.m., arrive Lansing 9:56 p.m. on December 10 ** ** th **

** Hi everyone,

I have received your passport and will give it to you at the Lansing Capital airport next Thursday (dec.2) morning - except Andy who is joining us in Chicago, and Candy who has got her passport separately. Please arrive at least one hour and half before the flight. I have also made copies of your passport and visa pages, and have sent to you in the prepaid envelop. Please also make a photocopy of your passport and visa and put in your luggage - if you lose your passport in China, these photocopies will help to fasten the procedure.

I still haven't received any info from Hanban about our hotels and the domestic flight, but honestly, I am not surprised about this :) however, there is something I'd like to tell you beforehand, the weight limits for international flight and domestic flight are different, so you may pay some fees for the "extra weight" of your luggage when you flight between Beijing and Chongqing. As I don't know the airline and hotel arrangement, i can only tell you that be prepared that you will need to bring all of your stuff with you from Beijing to Chongqing, and from Chongqing to Beijing, and you might have to pay fees for your luggage. I don't know how much it's going to be, but you should be able to use credit card for this.

I hope you all have a great holiday - hanban doesn't have Thanksgiving so I may still get info from them. I will keep you updated.

Ma Yi **