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Beijing  | Xian | Farmer's Painting Village | Chendu | Lhasa, Tibet | Yangtze River CruiseHong Kong


Great Wall  | Craft Factories | Beijing Streets | Kung Fu School | HutongShishahai Lake

 

Beijing Street Scenes

You will cross ring-road after ring-road as you drive through Beijing.  Bicycles have given way to millions of cars.  The air is gray and so are most of the buildings.  However, if you look closely you can still see a graceful roofline bold against the hazy sky. 
                     
 

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Sights range from the steel and concrete bird's nest of the new Olympic Stadium to more traditional birds.  It is enough to make anyone tired.  Amidst all the ugly buildings plants still find a place to grow and posters touting communism compete with ads for Wal-Mart.