In April/ May of this year I took a little tour of China and spent 5 of those nights in Beijing. I really loved the city and was quite amazed at it's enormity. China has given me a completely new perspective on human scale. With that, please enjoy:
Great thread! Must've been the experience of a lifetime.
When I visited last winter, that torch-top building was still under construction. I had no idea they were going to do something that crazy.
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Confucius says:
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.
Great pics of Beijing, The Great Wall, and the countryside. However; the smog in Beijing appears to be terrible. I hope the poor air quality won't distract the athletes from the Olympics or put their health in jeopardy.
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"I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps"
^dust storms from the Gobi desert too exacerbates the pollution. Its a big problem for the whole of Northern China. Theyre planting trees to cover an area the size of California to try and stop it but the desert still grows.
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