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Well, well, well. It looks like we found Kim Jong Il.

He is allegedly visiting the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, according to the Houston Chronicle's source, The South China Morning Star. We find it oddly capitalistic that the SCMS makes you pay to read articles... ANYWAY, back to hotels--when Kimmy vacations he does it up right, allegedly, staying at the five-star White Swan Hotel, in the provence's capital, Guangzhou.

Kimmy isn't the first head of state to stay here. British Queen Elizabeth II, President Bush of the United States, and Chancellor Kohl of Germany, have also rested their heads at the Swan.

So what is the this place like? According to one recent guest the rooms are "so 80's", sounds about right, doesn't it?

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