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US consular officers are always encouraged to issue visas for the maximum possible validity, which for many countries is ten years. However, those can be limited to less than ten years if the other country will not issue ten-year visas to US citizens (This is officially called ‘reciprocity). So it is up to your own country’s immigration rules whether or not you can have a ten-year-validity visa.

Once upon a time, on February 10th, 2015, Vladimir Putin visited Egypt. The Egyptian Orchestra obviously plays the anthem as he stands there all tall and proud, as it is his first official visit to the country.Just, take a listen:So, if you got through the whole thing without cutting your ears off, congrats. Egyptians can be hella sarcastic, trust me, I would know, and they basically just know how to insult someone with humor is seems.Either the band didn’t tune, or every section was playing it in a different key all at the same time. Needless to say, it sounds like absolute shit.While we’re on the subject, here’s another story for you.Once upon another time, on another day, (April 19th, 2016) President Hollande of France also visited Egypt. Need I explain this again? I think not, you can just hear it for yourself.In short, I think these recordings basically sum up Egypt’s “hi, we’re Egypt and we don’t give a shit” attitude quite nicely.

When Napoleon III, nephew of the famed Emperor of the First Empire, was crowned Emperor of the Second Empire in 1852, he noted that“The name ‘Napoleon’ itself is a programme.”The subconscious (or not) need to adhere to the identity of an illustrious predecessor can sometimes be detected in cases such as this, but none more hilariously than in the case of Mao Xinyu.You may well have noticed that he is a Mao, and is indeed the grandson of Mao Zedong.A Major General in the PLA, lecturer of Maoist thought, and overtly fond of referring to his beloved Yeye (grandfather), Mao has taken up a mode of behaviour to further connect himself to the Chairman.The Chairman was, relatively unknown outside the sinophone, an accomplished poet and calligrapher, producing unorthodox but strikingly emotional and proficient calligraphy. Here is one of his works, recording his most renowned poem:Little Mao, undoubtedly drew inspiration from that, is fond of leaving his calligraphy and handwriting throughout his official visits. Here are a few examples, no doubt channeling the inherited talent of his illustrious forebear:If you can read Chinese, you’d realise they are not even marginally better than a primary schooler’s handwriting.