China officials shown at Thai transvestite showChinese officials on a "study visit" to Thailand have triggered outrage after photographs of them at a transvestite trans·ves·tite n. One who practices transvestism. transvestite Sexology A person with a compulsion to dress as a member of the other sex, which may be essential to maintaining an erection and achieving orgasm. See Transsexual. show were posted on the Internet. In one of the photos published in the Beijing News Friday, an official from Luzhou town in the southwestern province of Sichuan is shown dipping into his pocket for money to give to a transvestite performer. "Going to see transvestites in Thailand is normal, the problem is whose money they used to go!" one angry Internet user Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f said in a posting. Following the publication of the photos, the town authorities ordered an investigation of the five people who took part in the "study visit" in 2004. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the newspaper, the visit took place as part of an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration programme for several Luzhou officials in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The Communist Party Communist party, in China Communist party, in China, ruling party of the world's most populous nation since 1949 and most important Communist party in the world since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. secretary of Luzhou promised to investigate the affair and said civil servants who had broken the law and regulations would be punished. Official overseas trips by local civil servants are regularly criticised on the Internet and in the Chinese media as being holidays in disguise. 
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