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Boy with goldfish
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The China Millennium Monument
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Sand storm in Beijing
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U2 spy aircraft which was shot down in 1965
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MIG 15 fighter jet plane
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Restaurants
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Sex shop and flower shop - side by side
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Bus ride to Mutianyu where you can visit a section of the Chinese wall. Very clean streets as always in China
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Tree-root carving shop out in the country side
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Some very steep stairs on the Chinese wall
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View from a guard/arhcer tower on the Chinese wall
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"AD 2007". Even the Chinese find 零, the Chinese character for "0", to complicated to write in Chinese writing, here it's represented by a simple "0" in "二00七".
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At the end of the restored section of the Chinese wall. Red ribbons have been tied up for good luck. Note the space where empty plastic bottles go to die...
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More interestingly, the un-restored part of the Chinese wall
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Continuing beyond the tourist streak, the restored section, the wall got almost impossible to climb
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Unrestored section of the Chinese wall
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Wall-selfie
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Patrolling security forcees in the tube station below Tiananmen Square
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Mao Zedong's mausoleum. Arriving late it was closed, but not the flower arrangements being carried out...
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Very neat hair bands on these female police officers
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National museum of China
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Tiananmen Gate 天安门
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Inside the forbidden city
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Inside the forbidden city
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Empress Xiaoduan's phoenix crown, Wanli period (1573-1620)
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Inside the forbidden city, theatre with a multitude of secret entrances and exists where actors could fly, disappear into thin air etc, all amusing the Emperor and guests
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Inside the forbidden city, it's LARGE
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Beijing FC supporters after a Saturday night game
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Sanlitun Youth Hostel. Very nice, highly recommendable
