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A Simple Cigarette Sampling
China’s a smoker’s country. According to the Ministry of Health, 35.8 percent of Chinese over the age of 15 smoke, or approximately 350 million people. 1.6 trillion cigarettes are sold per annum in the People’s Republic of China. That’s 1/3 of the cigarettes produced in the world.... Read more in MORE Suzhou August issue...
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	Amigos Tex-Mex There was a time in my life when, "Tres Amigos," meant a shot of Jim, Jack, and Jose doing a Mexican Hat Dance on my liver. It still means that, but now it has also taken on a whole new meaning. I found that meaning on my last lakeside visit to Li Gong Di... See more>>
	Sushi Express I didn't begin to appreciate sushi until I was well above voting age, but I have more than made up for it since. I don't know what it is, but there's something about boneless, chilled, raw fish that fulfills some sort of primal urge in me. The trouble is, eating sushi in Suzhou is all too often inconvenient or expensive. That's not the case anymore... See more>>
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	Interview with EZEQUIEL CARDOZO We all have epiphanies from time to time. Little revelations that, when acknowledged, make life just a little sweeter. I had one of those moments not too long ago, and it was an unexpected treat that made itself known to me in the amount of time it took to introduce myself to the Executive Chef at La Pedrera, Ezequiel Cardozo. Before he even had a chance to release me from his grip, my mind raced with flashbacks... Read more in MORE Suzhou August issue...
	Interview with YANG LANG Dating back before the time of Rome and the Coliseum, men competed in hand-to-hand combat. Combat sports have existed for millennia in both the East and West, which is why over the past few decades there’ve been tournaments for all different types of martial arts; from aikido to wing chun and everything between, and at some point or another each of these fighting styles has had their day in the sun... Read more in MORE Suzhou August issue...

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2011 August Issue

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High Five
Tips for Renters
Avoiding the Rental Woes
by Jon Remax

It’s August, summer is in full swing, and most of us are struggling just to get through the banalities of the day without succumbing to heat stroke. People are hotter, sweatier, and smellier than ever, and tempers are wearing thinner than a fat man’s briefs. It’s an angry time, and considering my svelte undercarriage goes from freshly-talcumed to swamp nuts in no more than 10 seconds outside, my temperament swings from peachy to Peckinpah in about 11. I can only assume what the hirsute and less hygienically-conscious of you have to deal with, but it better involve sewing some canisters of compressed CO2 into the lining of your pants,* because you need to stay cool...

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