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Flying a kite in Tiananmen Square
Modern Art at the 798 Art District in Beijing
Beware Westerners! You will probably get stopped to have your picture taken: like this.
The beautiful Summer Palace
Chefs preparing Peking Duck
Teracotta Warriors (Xi'An)
The Bridge at the Summer Palace
View of Forbidden City entrance from center of Tiananman Square, Sept. 2005
View of Great Wall atop Badaling section
A night out on the town at the Blue Lotus Bar
Toll booth on way to Great Wall
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I have two words for Beijing: squat toilets. If you can manage to balance yourself over what amounts to a porcelain-lined hole in the ground, you’ll do just fine in Beijing.... More |
We were in Beijing in Sept. '06 and it is enormous and spectacular - Great Wall (stupefying, and beautiful scenery along the way too) - Forbidden City (too grand to really take... More |
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I CAN still perfectly recall those moments, a handful of times late in my first year here in Shanghai, when the late afternoon light was at its limpid best and the very special beauty of this city seemed distilled for me in all its clarity.... moreArticle from The New York Times - Registration required
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China’s greatest attraction is so popular the government is trying to save it from tourists.... moreArticle from NYT > Travel
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From its wide Soviet-esque streets to its narrow ancient hutong (alleyways), Beijing is a city of contrasts. Beijing is not an easy city, though.... moreArticle from Smart Travel Asia
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Providing special description of various unique productions of ancient Beijing like antiques, jade, silk, Chinese trational paintings and calligraphy, cloisonne, lacquerware, procelain and more...... moreArticle from Diigo : Talpage's Bookmarks
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