Your completly right, K.K., the other detractors to your comments might say there should be another K in your name. There should still be some smart people out there that have a good experience with their Embassies, its not the individual embassy that has a problem, or what they can do for you. It's that particular countries influence with China, if you we`re some poor third world African country that had an Embassy in Beijing, and that country had no oil or ressources China wants, and your citizen has a problem, well, sorry to say but your Embassy won`t be able to do anything. But who ever says an Embassy is worthless is false, they are there to protect their citizens of any immediate danger and are there for protection, no matter their standing with China or what ever it may be. Those people that claim that Embassy's are worthless are either stupid or are a resident of the nearest Mental health Hospital in a little white padded room.