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All water supplies in Harbin, about 380 km (236 mi) downstream, were shut down for several days, and some 3.8 million people had to use bottled water.

But imagine how they would feel if the wealthy driver, fuming after a brush with a tractor, ploughed into a group of people, causing death and injury.Just such an incident occurred last October outside a job centre in the depressed city of Harbin, about 1,000km (600 miles) north-east of Beijing.

When I tell him about Harbin, he says, "China is the wild west, in some respects.

So much so that the northern city of Harbin, home to about 11 million people, was forced to cancel classes, close down the airport and suspend certain bus routes Monday.

Estimates vary but it appears that there are about 40 Russians left in Harbin from the huge community that was here early in the century.

Outside bankers, however, said SABMiller was not known for doing hostile deals to begin with, and the rival offer, for about 50 times Harbin's earnings, is a very robust price.

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).

He divorced the mother of Harbin, his only child, and about 18 years ago married Judy, whom he met in a Los Angeles bar.

He was in Harbin to negotiate with Russian officials about the Manchurian railway.

Vichy Hot Springs About an hour northwest of Harbin, in Mendocino County, Vichy Hot Springs could not be less cruisy.

The mean outdoor temperature is about −10.0 °C during the winter in Harbin, while the indoor air temperature is often above 24 °C.