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Beijing Part Deux
... and doors at the throne, the expensive cloisonné pieces, the polished brick, and 4 golden pillars. It is in this hall that emperor conducted business, so the room had to look perfect. We leave the hall and step around the back to see other smaller halls: Middle Harmony and Preserving Harmony, which is where the emperor had his private office and what was a testing building for officials. We cross what appears to be a street, which was garrisoned ...
Buddies in Beijing
... s pizza across the road. That was our dinner for the night sorted. Beijing is a lot more different in the summer than the winter. From seeing few westerners in the last 6 months to seeing one every time you turn a corner. Day 2 in Beijing was all about re-newing our visas and to waste some time while waiting for the queues to pass we played a very heated game of I-Spy. Now we have so much spare time in Beijing we have no idea what to do. Let’s see where it takes us. ...
Orientation in Beijing (Orientation Part 1)
... a short break and lunch, we piled into the bus to visit the U.S. Embassy in Beijing (see photo). The Embassy was right in the middle of the city and as our bus arrived at the gate of the Embassy, I noticed a large crowd of Chinese people. I was later told by one of the employees that they were trying to get visas although at times the Chinese would congregate at the Embassy for protests. The Embassy complex itself was populated by trees and grass and ...
Forbidden pleasures!
... the Olympics and previously for the film of the Last
Emperor. The whole edifice was meant to inspire awe in the eye of the
beholder and it still does that to this day.
After the Imperial Palace off to the Hutong which is an area of old courtyard houses, which
again have been much restored. Indeed we don't remember them being here
4 years ago!! The area we are in is a protected area now, although in
the past most Hutongs have been ...
You Know You've Made Too Many Chinese Friends When
... until I saw her -- short, but still powerful, you can can see the Tiger mom rage lingering behind those flat eyes opened as wide as possible as if to absorb ever bit of light in the room. Smiling often, constantly, but making snappy looks of curiosity, confusion, or disapproval that fade quickly, but are lasting enough to communicate her opinion in all languages. It was so cool, she seemed to run the house (I think she is some high position in my company and ...
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