Category Archives: Beijing

Beijing beauty

Photos of Beijing.

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Ironing out the kinks at Beijing’s new airport

Han Song (韩松) has a bad experience at the Beijing Airport’s new terminal 3.

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Temporary residence permits hard to come by

One police station in Beijing will only issue 10 temporary residence permits a day.

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Tibetan prayer flags on the Great Wall

A photo of prayer flags on the Great Wall.

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SOHO Shangdu

Images of SOHO Shangdu, a new shopping complex in Beijing.

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George Morrison’s vanished Beijing library

The finest collection of China books in the world The online journal China Heritage Quarterly has a new issue out. The theme is the studio: “zhai, shuzhai, shufang—the scholar-writer’s place of creative engagement with the written word, or artistic practice. … Continue reading →

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Sword swallowing in Beijing

Photos from Janek Zdzarski.

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Beijing new skyline

This is the new skyline of southeastern Beijing, looking over Ritan Park to the central business district, where the China World Tower 3 and CCTV Building flank Guanghua Road like Scylla and Charybdis. Click on the photo above for a … Continue reading →

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Smoking ban for Beijing?

A smoking ban for Beijing. But can it really happen?

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‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Beware the rampageous rooter, my son Xinhua reports: Historic torii damaged in Beijing A historic torii standing on the street in front of Guozijian in Beijing, once the imperial college in China’s olden dynasties, was severely damaged by a rampageous … Continue reading →

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