How to Find a Nice Apartment in Beijing

Posted by: Eddy  :  Category: Uncategorized

The following article we found on the Internet is a very good instruction for foreigners who want to stay in Beijing for a while. Salute to the anonymous author.
Finding a good apartment in Beijing takes a combination of time, patience, a little bit of luck and common sense. This article is intended as a brief [...]

Beijing housing / apartment price is still too high

Posted by: Eddy  :  Category: Uncategorized

Real estate market of Beijing is not as hot as the temperature this year. People still think the housing price is too high. The average monthly income of Beijinger is about RMB3000, but it costs more than RMB10,000 per square meter to buy an apartment in outskirts of Beijing. In downtown area, it costs more than RMB30,000 [...]

Hottest Children’s Day on record in Beijing

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BEIJING, June 1, the hottest Children’s Day on record. Beijing reported the first high-temperature alarm of this year on Monday, said Beijing Meteorological Bureau.

The alarm, reported at 11:20 a.m., was an Orange Alarm, the second level of meteorological alarms, saying the highest temperature will reach 37 degrees Celsius Monday afternoon, [...]

A/H1N1 flu confirmed cases rise to 77 in China

Posted by: Eddy  :  Category: Uncategorized

As of June 2nd 2009,there are 11 confirmed A H1N1 flu cases in Beijing,and more than 109 people have been quarantined. The tally of confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases on the Chinese mainland has risen to 34.
Health authorities in east China’s Fujian Province said Monday a man who was confirmed to have contracted A/H1N1 flu virus [...]

Two Looted Relics from Yuanmingyuan

Posted by: admin  :  Category: HOT Events

Recently, two looted Chinese relics at Christie’s auction in Paris which triggered wide protest in China.
These two bronze heads (Rabbit and Rat) were looted from Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, by Anglo-French allied forces during the Second Opium War in 1860. Chinese government had tried repeatedly to dissuade Christie’s from auctioning the Qing Dynasty sculptures, [...]

“Interesting” Revolutionary Posters

Posted by: Eddy  :  Category: Old Memories

We must liberate Taiwan!

Long Live Chairman MAO!

Female worker

Hail to PLA

Study Hard

Long Live to the friendship between Chinese and Albanian

We Love Chairman Mao’s Books
 

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CCTV Headquarters (TVCC) after Fire

Posted by: Eddy  :  Category: HOT Events

The TVCC building was burned on the night of traditional Lantern festival which marks the ending of this year’s Chinese New Year celebration period by illegal fireworks.
CCTV workers at the new site said they had received a text message inviting them to a grand fireworks display at 8 p.m. outside the nearly-completed building. But the [...]

Songzhuang - The New Art Center

Posted by: Eddy  :  Category: Attractions

Situated in the north of Tongzhou new city, about 25 kilometres east of Tian’anmen Square, Songzhuang is the place where many artists have been settling since more than a decade ago. Nowadays, Songzhuang has become a very flourishing art community, and more than 800 artists live in Songzhuang and surrounding villages.
According to the plan of [...]

Protection and Reconstruction of HUTONG at BEIJING

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The protection and reconstruction of Hutong have been discussing for a long time. But it is always easier said than done. The reality is that more than 70% of Hutong lanes have disappered.  The hutong is considered one of the most important parts of Beijing’s cultural heritage, however we have witnessed these cultural values being [...]

Park Hyatt Beijing at Yintai Center

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Park Hyatt Beijing
Address: 2 Jianguomenwai Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, China
Telephone: +86 10 8567 1234
Facsimile: +86 10 8567 1000
Email: parkhyattbeijing@hyattintl.com
Website: beijing.park.hyatt.com
Arrive at Park Hyatt and find yourself surrounded by contemporary luxury. Imagine dramatic architecture and design where you are offered privacy, personalized service and peerless quality—from original works of art to culinary arts.
The first Park [...]