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    Help please - forum members in / have travelled to east Asia

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ClearSkies, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    I'm leaving for China in a few days to adopt a little girl, and will be taking my W3 to post on our blog and keep connected to the net.

    Can anyone tell me if the wall outlet adapters the hotels etc have over there will accept the standard 3 prong plug from the North American power supply? I know that the brick is dual voltage, so that isn't a problem, but I'm worried about the PS plug not fitting into the adapter to then plug into the wall....
     
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  2. nickie

    nickie Notebook Consultant

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    You can always buy an adapter...
     
    nickie, Jul 28, 2007
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  3. Geddy

    Geddy Newbie

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    I live in Hong Kong.

    On the mainland they generally use the 3 prong Australian style plug but many places and buildings use the the north american style (still 240 volts however).

    The other thing is .....about adopting children in China. Please understand that most, if not all, business people in China work on very different rules to the way westerners do. They act like crooks to us. You can be sure that your child will either have been given to the orphanage because the family found the child "faulty", it has been kidnapped to be sold, or it has been given away because no one wants girls. I know this sounds hard but it is the truth.

    Remember. NO ONE IN CHINA WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I do lots of business with these people and they do not have the morals westerners do. Be careful.

    Good Luck
     
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  4. Sunnyass

    Sunnyass Notebook Consultant

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    its mostly two in asia. gl with ur trip!
     
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    Geddy Newbie

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    What are you talking about sunnyass? The plug situation in China is as I posted. Asia is not a country, its a continent.
     
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    lol hahaha I went to taiwan this past summer and I didn't have a problem at all with the power supply.
     
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  7. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Thx to all for your insights. This is my second daughter that we have adopted from China. Most of the past 4 years has been spent navigating the adoption process for both of my girls, which I won't go further into here other than to say I'm well aware of the multitude of social and political issues that are involved, and which I disagree with the characterization above.

    However, I wish to leave it at that rather than have this start a larger political discussion in the thread which will likely quickly get out of hand :(.

    My initial question about the likelihood of my standard NA Asus 3-prong plug while in China with the local adapters was answered, and thank you all for that ;).
     
    ClearSkies, Jul 28, 2007
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