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Classes, Tian an men, tea

It was a challenging first couple of days of classes, but I'm getting the hang of simplified characters. A couple days ago, I went to a tea house called Lao She Tea house 老舍茶館 and drank tea while watching bombtastic shows. There was a shadow puppet show, acrobats, magic, singing, gong fu, and...

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jlu on July 7, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

Placement test, Hutong, Ducks and Rickshaws

Answers for some questions before I start... -So when you shower does your whole bathroom get wet? Yep, but all of the water goes down a hole so we just wear slippers. -What's McDonald's like there? It's pretty much the same except the portions are smaller. A super-sized meal in China is...

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jlu on July 2, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

First couple of days

I arrived in Beijing around 5 am yesterday. The first thing I learned was that the people here are early risers; there were masses of people walking to work at 5:30 am. I felt a bit of culture shock and was pretty miserable until I went out of my bubble/dorm room and went on an adventure...

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jlu on June 28, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Study Abroad in China

Descripcion

Beijing (北京) is the capital of the most populous country in the world, the People's Republic of China. It was also the seat of the Ming and Qing dynasty emperors until the formation of a republic in 1911. As such it is rich in historical sites and important government institutions. The city...

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garisti on May 1, 2008 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: Viaje por Asia

My lover

She is my college friends, then I am very familiar with her boyfriend, her girlfriend and I are familiar with. She later go abroad, and her boyfriend breaking up,[a href=http://bbs.mx3g.com>radio control forum[/a>hold hands, hugging and kissing all very logical friends

written by

myxxblog on March 9, 2008 from Beijing, China

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jomoejojo on February 1, 2008 from Beijing, China

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Great wall

Today I went on a 10 Km walk along the Great wall. It was an unrestored part so the terrain was very rugged. It was really beautiful though, and definitely worth it. Yesterday, I went to the underground city. Its a huge series of tunnels that Mao built during the cold war in case of nuclear...

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gstrauss on December 7, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

More Beijing

Still in Beijing. I went to the Forbidden city and Jingshan park yesterady. Forbidden city was good..just a big temple complex. Then i went to the park behind it to watch the sun set, which was amazing. The smog made for a spectacular sunset, and the park had views over the forbidden city. ...

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gstrauss on December 4, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

Beijing 2

Still in Beijing. I had two massive nights partying over the weekend. The expat bar district is called Sanlitun and all the bars of full of foreigners. All international students or young people working in Beijing. I'd say there are only about 20% of the patrons are chinese. I went to a food...

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gstrauss on December 2, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

Bejing

Got to Beijing this morning. 12 hour train ride. The trains are really nice, i was in a compartment with four beds, but there were only two people. The train travels at 130 km/h so its very fast. Today I just walked around tianenmen square... didn't do much. Tomorrow I'll go to the forbidden...

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gstrauss on November 30, 2007 from Beijing, China

from the travel blog: China and Vietnam

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