My flight departs Wichita at 8:00AM on Tuesday bound for Dallas and then....arrival in Beijing at 2:55PM on Wednesday, March 22.  My 7 year old son asked why I was not going to drive my car to China so we had an impromptu geography lesson.  My bags are packed and I'm ready to go.  Greatest concerns at this point are the weight limits on the luggage.  I know on international flights the checked bag has a 50 pound weight limit and within China the checked bag has a maximum weight of 44 pounds.  I placed my bag on the bathroom scale and it was at 50.5 pounds.  So, I am going to jettison some items.  My daughter gave me her most prized possession to take which is a frog named "Ribbet" so this cannot be on the removal list.  I was also introduced to the Google Translator app which is remarkable.