in Cixi, Zhejiang. While "death by Powerpoint" is the talk of the town here nowadays, we were still bombarded by Powerpoints in all government meetings in China. That was in fact nothing compared to all the brochures and leaflets we would receive. Many of us routinely had to pay hefty surcharges to domestic Chinese airlines when we were hopping from city to city for overweight baggage as they only allow 20KG (40+ pounds) to be checked per passenger.