Tag Archives: Birds Nest

Dinosaur theme park to open in Beijing

A new theme park opens in Beijing, whilst fake photocopies of ID cards is in the news.

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Yanqing forced demolition covered in detail

Special attention is given to another story on the right hand column (circled in red). A forced demolition in Yanqing (延庆), a suburb in northwest Beijing. Beijing Times devoted an entire page of report inside:

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Bird nest smuggling ring busted in Shenzhen

Customs officers in Shenzhen have recently busted a bird nest smuggle ring, with the smuggled goods involved in the case valued over 700 million yuan.

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Beijing Christmas

From the streets of Wangfujing (王府井) to around the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube, Beijingers are finding unconventional – but obvious – ways to celebrate Christmas.

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Map of new CCTV building

Arup, the engineering firm that has been behind most of Beijing’s new architectural wonders including the new CCTV headquarters, the Bird’s Nest, the Water Cube and China World Tower 3, has launched a new website about their Beijing operations.

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The Bird’s Nest tries to engulf the full moon

The Bird’s Nest and the moon: a series of images.

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Korean TV crew sneak into Bird’s Nest

A Korean TV crew sneak filmed rehearsals for the Olympic opening ceremony.

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For sale: naming rights for the Bird’s Nest

Plans for Bird’s Nest business after the Games.

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Beijing architecture fest

A round up of recent articles about Beijing’s new architecture.

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Workers book launch this Friday

British artist Helen Couchman will be launching her new book–Workers 工人–at the Beijing Bookworm on Thursday night at 7:30 pm.

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