At left is a picture of my Chinese Visa (for those who are curious). Dave and the girls have their own visas, of course. I blacked out the more personal information. At the bottom is a row of numbers that includes reiterations of my passport number, date of birth, and some code that probably means, "Don't let this woman through customs without checking her for smuggled won tons!" (Thinking about that makes me glad we'll have plenty of verification paperwork for Zitao!)

Anyway, the visa is good until the nearly the end of July - hopefully we won't need it to be good that long! (Some people with other agencies who already sent their acceptance letters in have been getting their travel approvals today. Our letter is supposed to be here anytime now - and it looks like China has been quick with the follow-up in issuing TAs.) Still hoping for early March travel.