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Beijing Secrets: - Old & New
Beijing Secrets: - Old & New
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When Beijing is mentioned what comes to mind? Only Peking Duck, the Forbidden City or the tangled 'Birds Nest' Olympic stadium?
Jing Jing Thomas, a native Beijinger, returns like a migratory bird each summer to a hometown so familiar and yet increasingly unfamiliar. She leads us on a truly personal journey through tortuous Beijing alleys as momentous changes shake and shape the city...
- Delicious aromas floating on Ghost Street
- Factory 798 - industrial art or the post-modern art industry
- The faded red-light district of old Beijing
- Crazed gamblers on fighting crickets
- Eunuchs - what did they lose and gain
- The Executioners Gate - death by a thousand cuts
- The world's largest antique market - organised chaos
Whether it is nostalgia, surprise or simply exploring the ancient weathering and avant-garde style, it is to be found in Beijing...