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| 1. Beijing, pollution |
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| 2. North-east Beijing facing south. Left are embassy buildings and right is "Best Soup". Notice the zebra crossing in the middle. This is where pedestrians and cyclists meet with death. |
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| 3. Beijing, center-east facing south. Foreground are embassy buildings, background includes "World Trade Centre" (yet another one!). |
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| 4. Beijing, east facing south-east. Notice factory chimney and "JVC" neon sign. |
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| 5. Beijing, pornography. Capital Mansion with traditional pagoda on top adorned with television aerials and satellite dishes. Symbol of the virility of the chinese economy soon to penetrate the western markets. |
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| 6. Beijing north-east, towards the airport. |
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| 7. Beijing, north. One of the few non-orthogonal roads. From left to right, there are 2 bicycle lanes, pavement, three car lanes, fence, one u-turn lane, three car lanes, right-turn lane, bicycle lane, pavement. At the background there are four-storey appartment buildings and a park where on good days open-air barbers work. |
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| 8. Beijing, the future |
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| 9. Beijing, north. Appartment blocks, park and satellite dishes. The green in the foreground is not grass but a green plastic cover of some recently demolished building. |
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| 10. Beijing, facing south. The road is along a straight North-South axis. |
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| 11. Beijing, crossing the street. |
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| 12. Beijing, Liang Ma canal and futuristic little pavilion for selling flats. Along the river, when darkness falls, it is said that little chicken come out for a walk. |
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| 13. Beijing, flats. |
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| 14. Beijing, sunset. |
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| 15. Beijing, sunset. |
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| 16. Beijing, sunset. |
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| 17. Beijing, night. |
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| 18. Beijing, along lake Houhai by the residence of Soong Ching Ling - wife of Sun Yat-Sen once leader of the Nationalist Party (Guomindang). His brother in law was Chiang Kaishek leader of the Guomindang from 1925 and anti-communist who despite being supported from USA and USSR during the civil war after WWII ended, lost to the communists and retreated to Taiwan and died in the 90's. Soong Ching Ling, Sun Yat-Sen, the epitomy of chinese bourgeoisie are much loved by the Chinese Communist Party. Soong Ching Ling had survived the Cultural Revolution while Sun Yat-Sen got a monument in Tianamen Square. |
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| 19. Beijing, lake Houhai. This lake can be found at the south-west of the Drum and Bell Towers. Half hour walk from subway station Jishuitan. |
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| 20. Beijing, lake Houhai. |
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| 21. Beijing, lake Houhai. |
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| 22. Beijing, laundry day. |
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| 23. Beijing, small shop at the area around lake Houhai. |
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| 24. Beijing, one of the bigger alleyways at the area of lake Houhai. |
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| 25. Beijing, tricycles. One transporting people, the other transports stuff. Not only tourists but also Chinese people hire the tricycles. |
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| 26. Beijing, tricycles. |
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| 27. Beijing, a "different" entrance to a residence. |
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| 28. Beijing, Marco Polo (Luguo) Bridge |
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| 29. Beijing, Forbidden City, the garden at the back (north) of the palaces. |
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| 30. Beijing, Forbidden City, the garden at the back (north) of the palaces. |
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| 31. Beijing, Forbidden City. |
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| 32. Beijing, Forbidden City |
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| 33. Beijing, Drum Tower facing south |
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| 34. Beijing, Drum Tower facing west, view of 'hutongs'. At the background, is the lake Houhai (see pictures before). |
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