The phrase "as a harbin" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be a misspelling or misusage of "as a harbinger," which refers to something that signals or foreshadows a future event.
Example: "As a harbinger of change, the new policy will reshape our approach to environmental issues."
Alternatives: "as a precursor" or "as a forerunner."
At Harbin Hot Springs (18424 Harbin Springs Road, Middletown; 707-987-2477; www.orgbin.org) a one-hour session of Watsu, a massage in warm water that is a Harbin specialty, is $70 (the expected tip for body work at these resorts is about 20percentt).
Macau also received a Harbin clone, and the annual festival in Bruges has enlisted the help of Chinese artists.
It is navigable upstream as far as Harbin by steamships of up to 1,000 tons.
In addition to the five teams which took part in the tournament the year before, the league added Golden Amur from Russia as well as Harbin and Qiqihar from China.
That was when he landed a job as a photojournalist in Harbin, capital of China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang.
In exile, Prince Ukhtomsky worked as a journalist in Harbin, Berlin and Paris and in his work and travels, he associated with various factions of the Russian Diaspora as they attempted to either battle or come to terms with the Bolshevik regime.
Jiamusi is situated on the lower reaches of the Sungari (Songhua) River and has good natural communications by river upstream to such cities as Harbin and Yilan, as well as with the Amur and Ussuri rivers during the summer months.
"Parents living in Shanghai or Beijing have to travel to far-flung cities such as Wuhan, Harbin and Hohhot to meet a surrogate mother and find a hospital willing to finish the transplantation," says Mrs Zhou, a surrogacy agent in Shanghai, who requested just her family name be used.
In 2010, the United Nations recognized Harbin as a Music City.
"When we first opened in Shanghai, Lane Crawford operated as a franchise in Shanghai, Harbin and Hangzhou," Mr. Keith said.
