Kaichuang Golden Street Business Hotel
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First night
Beijing by 3 pm today as the start of the trip. No problems and no hitches yet. The airbus was big , comfortable and only 3/4 full. The first minor hitch came at the airport when, spurred by a lack of sleep and 10 hours of mediocre films Bill insisted that one of the guys at the exit - you know those who hold up cards with peoples names - had his …
Beijing. Days 2,3,4
Monday 10 September Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City City Left on tube for Tiananmen Square. Weather hot and humid but city covered by smog. Haven't seen any blue sky as yet! T Square huge! Surrounded by impressive buildings and statues commemorating the great struggle. Heaps of people everywhere of course. The Chinese are not allowed to talk …
Beijing Part Deux
... s dinner, however, is a formal affair as we have been invited to join the chamber folks as they wine and dine the deputy director of the commerce commission of Beijing. Well, I use the term “formal” loosely. We non-chamber folks can appear in casual dress, while our chamber folks must dress in professional dress. After a quick clean-up and outfit change, we head down to the banquet room for tonight’s festivities. Four large ...
A red city
... told us about the pillars and steps and yin yang. The number of steps must be odd while the number of pillars must be even. Zero pillars means the person is poor, two means middle class, and four means rich. Eight means super super rich and twelve is only for the emperor. These pillars used to be used for matchmaking. He also spoke of feng shui.
We moved on from there to some old lady's house. We sat at her table and ...
Meeting people is easy
... 1) The air quality is not that bad (I would later find out it was really bad) (2) The city is much greener (has trees) than I expected. With a population 20 million people, I envisioned Beijing to be concrete, asphalt, and more concrete. This is not the case as trees populate the roadsides and parks slice through the urban landscape.
With unpacking at the hotel finished, we took to the streets of Beijing to explore and for dinner. As a group ...