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We Hope Ray Nagin Has Free Internet at the Jinjiang Inn

Where: Shanghai, China

There's been another quarantine in China for folks possibly exposed to the Swine Flu and this time New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is amongst the group under lockdown at the Jinjiang Inn in a suburb of Shanghai.

Nagin and his wife Seletha have been in quarantine since Sunday, along with a member of the mayor's executive protection team, after they had the misfortune of sitting within a few rows of a French student now confirmed ill with the A-H1N1 virus on their flight from the U.S.

Nagin planned to be in China for several days for trade-related meetings but it looks like he'll just be killing time in the hotel room instead. Authorities are also screening his phone calls while there to "keep him safe."

The Jinjiang Inn is a popular Chinese budget hotel brand and the rooms do come with internet access. From what we could gather, some Jinjiang Inns offer it free, some do not. Coincidentally, an AP reporter was quarantined at the same hotel last month. There was limited English language television channels and lots of boredom. Hopefully, they waive the internet charges for Nagin.

But just remember, he's definitely not Twittering about this thanks to China's strict social media controls.

[Photo via The Times Picayune]