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Demolition Symbol, Beijing 2007-12-26 02:16:30 What does it all mean?Get one of these Chinese characters on your apartment or building and you know you are in big trouble! These symbols are used to mark buildings for demolition. As you wander the hutongs or older apartment areas of Beijing
you may see these painted on the buildings and also notice there are few or no residents inhabiting such buildings.Hotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing China Demolition
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French Concession, Shanghai 2008-03-12 01:09:52 上海仏租界Most of urban China has already been or is slated soon for a date with the wrecking ball. Shanghai
is no different; if anything, it may be worse.Two exceptions to the rule, however, are left: the Bund and the French
Concession area. The former is the magnificent riverfront promenade, the latter is a leafy area that was designated for the French following the First Opium War. (The US and UK also were granted areas in which to live, but both are long gone. The US and UK areas joined in 1863 and created the International Settlement; the French maintained their own, separate Settlement.)The French Concession area is bisected by Huaihai Road, which is a large shopping street—and not of much historical interest. Close by though are smaller, tree-lined streets that feature quite
Shanghai Maglev Train 2008-03-09 23:05:27 上海磁浮示范运营线The world's fastest train with passenger service is not France's TGV or the Japanese Bullet Train
, Germany's high speed service or Taiwan's new ultra-fast lines. It is the maglev train from Shanghai
's Pudong International Airport into Longyan Road, in Pudong, where you can transfer to a subway line that will take you farther into the city center.The airport express train covers 30 km (18.6 miles) in under 8 minutes at speeds that hit 431 km/hour (268 mph). The ride is so brief, however, that the train only stays at the top speed for a very short amount of time before beginning to slow down prior to arrival.The system cost more than one billion USD to build and began operation in 2004. Plans are afoot to extend the line to Shanghai's other airport, Hongquio Intern
Beijing Olympic Athletes Village 2008-03-09 11:28:46 The BeijingOlympicVillage
, known as "Dream World" is nearing completion.The eco-friendly complex will house 16,000 athletes for this summer's Olympic Games. Complete with a 5,000-seat cafeteria and solar-powered showers the Olympic Village also has a prayer center to accommodate the various religious faiths of the 2008 Olympians.The six and nine floor apartments will become luxury condominiums after the Games and already all have been sold to open in 2009. The Beijing Olympic Village is near to the main Olympic venues such as the National Stadium and the National Aquatics Center.Construction began in 2005 and will be completed on time. Prior residents have been relocated to alternative accommodation.Hotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing C
Yu Garden, Shanghai 2008-03-06 22:49:08 豫園Yu Garden
(also known as Yuyuan Garden) is Shanghai
's best known public garden. It was completed in 1577 by Pan Yunduan, a government official during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).Like Shanghai, the garden has seen its fortunes wax and wan. With the decline of the Pan family, the garden and grounds became run down in the late Ming period. It was purchased in 1760 by local merchants who spent decades refurbishing it.During the Opium War, the Garden was badly damaged by French forces in the 1840s. The current Garden was most recently restored in the 1950s.Yu Garden is roughly five acres. In contains many pavilions, ponds, and temple-like structures. It is packed with tourists--but worth the trip.You enter via a bazaar from Fuyou Road. The bazaar is narrow and teeming with tourists and l
The Bund, Shanghai 2008-03-04 21:47:14 上海灘Shanghai
's Bund is the riverfront promenade that evokes the pre-War glamor of the past and the vitality and modernism of the present. At right is the famous clock tower that sits atop the former HSBC bank building. Flapping in the night wind in front of it is the red flag of the People's Republic.The area still retains a slightly colonial feel thanks to the many art-deco buildings. Most of them are now filled with high-end tenants selling brand goods most Shanghai natives could never dream of affording. Victor Sassoon's Peace Hotel is currently being renovated.Across the Huangpu River, modern Shanghai has reared its head. The Oriental Pearl Tower is now the city's most distinct landmark. At night, it is lit in garish reds and greens and blues. By day, it hovers in the haze genera
Beijing Capital Airport Navigation 2008-03-02 05:27:19 As with the opening of any new airport travelers would be well advised to allow extra time to find their way around when using the new Beijing
Capital International Airport Terminal 3 building.Airlines using Terminal 3 beginning 29th February, 2008Gate 2Qantas AirwaysBritish AirwaysEl Al Israel AirlinesGate 6Qatar AirwaysGate 12Shandong AirlinesSichuan AirlinesAirlines using Terminal 3 beginning 26th March, 2008Gate 2Japan AirlinesS7 AirlinesAir MacauGate 4Cathay Pacific AirwaysDragonairFinnairAustrian AirlinesEmiratesUnited AirlinesGate 6Asiana AirlinesEgypt AirAll Nippon AirwaysThai AirwaysScandinavian AirlinesTurkish AirlinesAir China (International Flights)Air CanadaLufthansaSingapore AirlinesGate 8Air China (International flights)Gate 10Air China (Domestic flights)Gate 12Air China (Do Read more:Navigation
Canon Camera Repair Centers in Beijing 2008-03-01 06:10:02 1.Beijing
International Convention Centre CanonRepair
Centre佳能照相机维修中心Jia neng camera wei xiu zhong xin位于北京北四环的北京国际会议中心的二层。Wei yu Beijing bei si huan de Beijing guoji huiyi zhongxin de 2 ceng.Located on the North Fourth Ring Road in the Beijing International Convention Centre on the 2nd floor, Canon offer outstanding service with any of your camera problems. The service is quick and efficient.If staying in the Lido or Beijing United Family Hospital area, Bus 408 will take you down Jingshan Lu, around the North Fourth Ring Road, past IKEA to Anhui Qiao where it turns onto Anding Lu. The bus will drop you off on Anding Lu, not far from the National Stadium (Bird's Nest). From the bus stop walk west toward Crowne Plaza Hotel, Wuzhou, a Read more:Camera
Beijing Rainbow Hotel 2008-02-29 21:50:37 The completely refurbished 318-room, 3-star RainbowHotel
near the Temple of Heaven Park, south of Tiananmen Square is now a pleasant and economical place to stay in Beijing
.Although some distance from a subway station, taxi or the hotel's own rental bicycles can easily get you to the nearest underground stations either Hepingmen on the Circle Line or Tiantandongmen on the new Line 5.Facilities include internet access in all the spacious rooms, a business center, travel counter, restaurant, massage and souvenir shops.A reasonable buffet breakfast is included in the price of a room.Beijing Rainbow Hotel11, Xijing RoadXuandu District100050Tel: 6301 2266Fax: 6301 1366Hotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing China China Post China TravelBook the F
Beijing International Airport Terminal 3 2008-02-29 10:58:14 Terminal 3 at Beijing
Capital International
Airport opened today.The US$3.6 billion terminal was designed by British architect Sir Norman Foster, who was also responsible for the highly-praised Chep Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong.Beijing Airport Terminal 3's main concourse is 3km long, divided into 3 sections and linked by shuttle train - Terminal 3 is the largest airport terminal building in the world. The new terminal is expected to boost incoming passengers to 76 million people in Olympic year 2008 up from 56 million last year.The new terminal has 300 check-in counters, almost double the number of gates of the other two terminals and a state-of-the-art, computerized baggage handling system that can process 19,800 bags per hour. There is even a Burger King.Eventually the Beijing Internatio
Beijing Temple Fair 2008-02-27 20:56:10 Beijing Temple
FairBy Wang XiIt is a tradition to go to temple fairs during the Chinese Spring Festival or Chinese New Year celebrations. Beijing, as the culture capital of China, has a large number of temples. Temple fairs used to be an event of worship, in which people might pray for happiness, peace and luck. The modern temple fair has a wider variety of activities like worship, commercial trade, and recreation.Hotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing China Beijing Fair China TravelBook the Fujian Hotel Beijing Book the Beijing Qianyuan International Business Hotel
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Beijing Guan Yuan Pet Market 2008-02-26 10:11:21 Listen to the sound of cats at Beijing
Guan Yuan Pet Market
Guan Yuan Shi Chang Market is Beijing's premier pet market.Hotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing China China TravelBook the Fujian Hotel Beijing Book the Beijing Qianyuan International Business Hotel
Beijing Competitions 2008-02-23 23:28:34 Those interested in attending the Fina Diving events in the new National Aquatics Centre (Water Cube) can buy tickets online here.This is an excellent opportunity to enjoy world class diving competitions and to check out the facilities at China’s first class aquatics centre. Hotels in Beijing
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Lost in Beijing 2008-02-23 18:28:11 Lost in Beijing
, is a controversial film made in 2006 by Chinese director Li Yu, which is now banned in China. The director and producer, Fang Li, have also been prohibited from film-making for two years.The movie, which is known as Apple in China, is the director's third feature after Fish and Elephant (2001), a lesbian romance story between a Beijing Zoo elephant keeper and a fashion designer and Dam Street (2005), a gritty social drama, set in a small town, and focusing on the relationship of a socially-ostracized woman and a 10-year-old boy.The plot of Lost in Beijing, as the title suggests, sees the main characters, none of them from the city, struggling to adapt to the new social and economic realities in the capital. The storyline of the sexually-explicit movie supposedly came to th
What Does Beijing Mean? 2008-02-22 22:57:16 Beijing is made up of the Chinese characters 北京. 北 (bei) means north and 京 (jing) is capital - thus Beijing means "northern capital" referring to the city's location in the north of China.Similarly Nanjing 南京 in the south of the country is 南 (nan; south) 京 (jing; capital) - "southern capital."In Japan, Tokyo is 東京 - "eastern capital".Beijing is often referred to in English as "Peking" and "Pekin" in Japanese. Beijing has been known by other names throughout its history including Dadu, Shuntian, Peiping, Youzhou and Zhongdu.Dadu (大都) "great capital" is the Chinese rendering of Khanbaliq - the new city built by Kublai Khan in 1264, which became the capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Marco Polo refers to the city at this time as "Cambulac."Shuntian (顺天) refer Read more:Beijing
Military Museum Beijing 2008-02-22 08:16:02 Beijing's MilitaryMuseum
(The Chinese Military History Museum) is presently closed for refurbishment.The huge building housed Chinese Cold War-era fighter planes, tanks and surface-to-air missiles, as well as captured American tanks from the Korean conflict, U2 spy plane wreckage and historic weapons and armor.The museum, when open, had displays detailing the Korean War, the Opium War and the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions. The Military Museum is south of Yuyuantan Park.AccessThe Chinese Military History Museum9 Fuxing RoadHaidian District100038Tel: 6686 6244The nearest subway station is JunshibowuguanHotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing China Military Museum China TravelBook the Fujian Hotel Beijing Book the Beijing Qianyuan International Read more:Beijing
China Visas From Japan, 2008 2008-02-15 18:42:39 For a business trip last March, I needed a visa to get into China
. For Americans the fee was 6,000 yen (about $60). For a British colleague, it was 4,000 yen. Different fees paid, we were on our way to Beijing.Well, business and China beckon once again. At the consulate in Osaka the other day, other than a broken copy machine--we all had to run across the street to a Chinese travel agency to have our passport and Japan
ese identity cards copied--things went smoothly.The woman at the Visa window was even the same young woman as the previous year. After several minutes spent stapling, clipping, and writing up a pink receipt, she told me in heavily accented Japanese, "You can pick up your visa between the dates written here. The fee is 15,000 yen."After a nano-second, I said "Huh?! 11 months a Read more:Visas
Fish, Bird and Insect market, Beijing 2008-02-12 07:40:55 Guan Yuan Shi ChangWhile fish, birds and insects might be what many know Guan Yuan Shi Chang for, Beijing
-Visitors and residents alike will find a wide range of goods for sale including tobacco and smoking accessories, fishing tackle, plants, jewelry and traditional Chinese shoes.For those seeking a rather authentic China ‘experience’ this little market offers it all. This is Beijing people going about their everyday lives uninfluenced by foreigners and cameras. Out of respect for one of the few genuine China experiences left in Beijing, it would be prudent to keep cameras hidden and simply enjoy the experience of visiting the market. These people are doing what they normally do without influence from visiting tourists, so it is with considerable hesitation that the information about t
Pacific Department Store, Beijing 2008-02-10 00:40:34 Located on Gongti Beilu, almost opposite Ya Show market in Sanlitun, Pacific
Century Plaza is home to Pacific DepartmentStore
currently running many discounted prices on all sorts of genuine items in all departments.Chinese New Year is one of the best times for the Beijing
-Visitor to find a bargain in the comfort of air-conditioned shopping centres of Beijing. It is common to find discounts between 30 – 50% on name brands. Festival time is truly festive for shoppers during any festival!As you walk toward the store from the street don’t be distracted by the opportunity for Starbucks Coffee! Rather, spend an extra few minutes outside and take a look at the large Year of the Rat display designed to celebrate Chinese New Year. Celebrations will continue in Beijing and China until the Lant
Six Months To Go For Beijing Olympics Start 2008-02-08 17:10:13 As Chinese people celebrate New Year and the beginning of The Year of the Rat it is only six months to the beginning of the 2008 BeijingOlympics
, when an estimated 550,000 visitors and 10,000 athletes will descend on China's capital for what promises to be the best-ever Games.Tickets are still available with only 25% of available tickets selling in last month's lottery round of ticket sales.Chinese spectators bought heavily for competitions Chinese athletes are expected to do well in: badminton, diving, gynastics, swimming, and table tennis but other events have plenty of spare capacity.Hotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing China Beijing Olympics OlympicsBook the Fujian Hotel Beijing Book the Beijing Qianyuan International Business Hotel
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Olympic Fever Builds in Beijing 2008-02-07 06:12:49 The 2008 China Swimming Open events held up until yesterday at the National Aquatics Centre have contributed enormously to the excitement about the Olympic
Games.People are talking about the venues and their excellent facilities. Many people were trying whatever methods they could to get tickets for this recent swimming event, but sadly some missed out.Olympic fever is certainly building amongst Beijing
-Visitors and residents!Photos: Top right is the main stadium ("Bird's Nest"); Bottom left is the swimming venue ("Ice Cube").Hotels in BeijingBuy 2008 Beijing Olympics TicketsBooks on China and BeijingTagsBeijing China China Post China TravelBook the Fujian Hotel Beijing Book the Beijing Qianyuan International Business Hotel
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