One week free hotel stay in China.?

I read from CNN that Americans traveling to China who display flu-like symptoms may be randomly quarantined over concerns with H1N1 flu virus, or if you had sat on the airplane next to someone who was with fever and sick.





I am thinking, why not - presuming they would quarantine us in a cheap but reasonable hotel at their expense. If I can't go anywhere, except cooped up in the hotel room and some restricted amenities, I should at least get !!one week's FREE CHINESE FOOD!!, right?





My questions are


- what is the best city in China to get one week's free stay knowing that my movement would be restricted, I could at least be allowed to sit on the balcony and enjoy the sight and sounds?


- what are my chances of getting quarantined?


- how to induce fever that last just long enough for them to quarantine me?One week free hotel stay in China.?
If you personally are quarantined due to having a fever, it will most likely be at a hospital, not at a hotel. You will be tested for H1N1 and monitored to see if you develop further symptoms. Trust me . . . you do not want to be quarantined in a Chinese hospital!





If you are quarantined because someone near you on the plane had a fever, then yes, you will be put up in a nice hotel. However, you will not be allowed out of your room. You will only be able to talk to people from your doorway. You will not have any interaction with anyone other than the health officials who will bring you your food and necessities. Hotel staff won't be allowed to interact with you in case you develop symptoms.





You will be allowed to have internet access and phone access. You will have television, but not necessarily in English. You will have Chinese food, but you probably won't have a wide selection.





If you are a business person who can use the time to conduct business, etc. (like the mayor of New Orleans did), then it's not so bad. However, if you wanted to see China and only have a couple of weeks to do so and you spend half of that time in quarantine, then it's not a fun thing to do.





You won't see anything of the city you are quarantined in until the quarantine is lifted.





As a general rule, there are no balconies in hotels in China.





Also, ';authentic'; restaurants in the States, owned and run by Chinese people, do not always have authentic Chinese food tastes. The menus are adapted to fit the audience and usually have a bit different tastes. However, some of them are real enough. I have found, overall, though, that Chinese food outside of China is different from that which is found here.





Good luck!One week free hotel stay in China.?
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You do know that they have Drs in China right who would check people? And you do know that WESTERN Chinese food is NOT real Chinese food right? Chinese hotels dont have balconies unless you are in Sanya. Grow up. Do you think they will also give you a free flight over there? And do you think you wouldnt be billed for your stay?





Restaurants owned by Chinese people, who have Chinese cooks, which are as far as I know ALL ';Chinese'; restaurants in western countries, I have never seen one that wasnt owned by a Chinese person and didnt have a Chinese cook DO NOT SERVE TRADITIONAL CHINESE FOOD. They may have one or two authentic dishes, and they will cook authentic for Chinese customers, sometimes.





The food you eat at a Chinese restaurant in the US or Canada or Britian or where ever IS NOT AND CANNOT BE FOUND IN CHINA. There is NO similarity at all.





You will NOT find western style chowmein, or sweet and sour chicken balls covered with batter, or anything covered with batter and deep fried, you will NOT find chili beef or anything else you like. You will NOT find the same flavours anywhere in China.





Honestly most westerners feel authentic Chinese food is not something they like . I personally like steamed rice, and some of the vegetable dishes in Northern China but there is no comparision at all.