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  • Beijing or peking what is the difference - Another Chinese city similarly named is NanJing, meaning south capital. At times in history, the capital was declared to be NanJing rather than BeiJing, according to whether the then current powerbase lay to the north or south of China. Emperor Wu was the first to declare the site of Beijing as the capital in 1057 BC.
  • flights from london to beijing - There are an abundance of flights from UK to Beijing. China travel and China holidays are very popular these days and will be even more so when the Beijing 2008 Olympics are held next summer. It is important that you book your flights from UK to Beijing early, so you can get the best deals possible. Beijing is the capital of China and has around 12.5 million people. If you are travelling to China, the best way to get there is to take flights from UK to Beijing and begin your journey there.
  • Beijing 2008 - Beijing, located in northern China, is the second largest city in China, next to Shanghai, and the capital of the People's Republic of China. Beijing is a major hub for transportation, which makes it even more important in the overall economics of the country. It is also the point to which many international flights arrive and depart. Beijing is considered the political, cultural, and educational centre of China.
  • Things You Should Know Before Your Trip to Beijing - Ask the most seasoned traveler to share his or her experiences or to discuss some of the most spectacular places he or she has been, and Beijing is likely to be at the head of the list. Not only is Beijing rich in culture, it is certainly one of the most unique places in the world for a traveler to visit. In fact, all you have to do is take a look at some interesting facts about Beijing and you will want to see it for yourself. The Center of It All Did you know that Beijing is the center of China‘s political and educational establishments?
  • Beijing Less Well Known Tourist Attractions - When you visit Beijing as a tourist, the capital city of China, you will inevitably be taken sightseeing by your tour guides to view monumental and historical attractions like The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City and The Ming Tombs amongst many others. However, more and more of the residents of Beijing are saying that there are many less well known tourist attractions that you must visit and these lesser known places, on their own accord also have many charms and delights for tourists.
  • Michael Phelps Olympic Medals - The Real Value Of His Eight Gold Medals - Michael Phelps has accomplished a seemingly impossible feat, winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympic games. That is the most gold medals ever won by an athlete in a single Olympic games! As a gold investor like myself, you've probably wondered what the value of Michael Phelps Olympic medals are. Let's see if we can figure it out. First, let's determine what the gold portion of the medal would be worth. According to the Olympic Charter, the gold and silver medals must consist of 92.
  • Bikes and hutongs in beijing experience chinese tradition - On this matter, we pass you the sarcastic truth of a vignette published this week on the Internazionale magazine where someone says China is highly developed in many things, but not in human rights To say ‘all that glitters is not gold In any case Beijing has a lot to offer either for first time visitors, either for veterans.
  • 9999.5 Rooms In This Palace - Spanning over 178 acres of land, the Forbidden City, or the Zijin Cheng is a major tourist attraction in Beijing. Also known as the Imperial Palace, the building dates back around 500 years, though it was recently reopened for public after repairs in 1949. Surrounded by 7.9 meter high city walls, the Forbidden City was protected by a six meter deep and 52 meter wide moat as well. That though, did not stop this monumental building from being sacked multiple times and be razed to the ground completely by the Manchus.
  • The Third Phase Tickets Released and the First appearance of Beijing Olympic Ticket, - The press conference of the third phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games was held in Beijing Olympic press centre at 10.00am in April23, 2008. Some policies which refer to the third phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games will be announced, Zhu Yan, the director of the ticketing center for the Beijing Olympics, said in reports. The third phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games will open from 9:00am May 5, 2008 to June 9, 2008, providing about 138,000 tickets to individual persons only, the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG) said on the press conference.

  • Hints for you Beijing shopping fever - Remember: most shops are open daily 9am-8pm . There is no sales tax in China. Do not forget that haggle is essential especially in touristy markets and shopping areas for common items. Starting your bargain at least with 1/3 of the price-still sounds good whilst keeping the walking-away technique as your last chance to get the lowest price! The main shopping area is around Wangfujing Dajie and XiDan, where there are a number of department stores, including the Beijing Department Store, which primarily caters for the Chinese market whilst ZhongGuanCun, often dubbed 'China's Silicon Valley', continues to be a centre for electronics and computer-related industries. In other words Zhong Guan Cun (is a must! You can find almost everything from speakers to computer parts at an astonishingly low price. It is located just a couple miles from Tsinghua University. Avoid vendors inviting in their shops.
  • It's a question of Infrastructure... - As though the high-speed train between Hangzhou and Shanghai isn't fast enough - it is about to go a whole lot faster. While most people know the mega cities of China such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, not so many know of the second tier cities that are just as important to the future prospects of China as these metropolis's are. The likes of Hangzhou, Tsingtao, Tianjing and Suzhou are well known within the country but not so well known outside the country. One of the keys to China's future is the infrastructure the Chinese government is putting in place in these cities and in particular the links they are creating between these cities and some of the larger ones. A case in point is Suzhou.
  • How to get around China’s second largest city, Beijing - Whereas Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in the economic field, Peking is widely recognized as the political, educational and cultural centre of the Country, with a jurisdiction over 18 districts and counties. To get around this metropolis you might find useful these brief suggestions on public transports once you land there. Public Bus and trolley Bus: you need to keep in mind some numbers. Buses Nos. 1-200 and trolley buses run in the city ( 1 yuan per person); buses Nos. 201-212 run at night; buses Nos. 300-599 go to the suburbs, charging according to the distance covered.
  • Ice and snow festival in Beijing - The event takes place every year in January and February in a wonderful natural location that will take your breath away, the Longqing Gorge. This Gorge, indeed, is characterised by waterfalls and clean watercourse, by particularly shaped mountains and stones and by fantastic caves, which attract throughout the year a number of visitors. In the seasons when the Longqing Gorge does not host the festival, indeed, it is the ideal destination for people who want to admire a landscape unique in the world. Some of the most appreciated sights are the cave of the hundred flowers (Baihua), and the Shenxianyuan (Immortal) and Jingang temples, but also the 50 m high waterfall that welcomes visitors near the entrance.
  • Lovely things for the coming Olympic Games from MadeinChina - [Abstract] With the coming of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, souvenirs of the Olympic Games become attractive. Olympic souvenirs are worth collecting. Whether you want to give them to others as gifts or collect yourself, Olympic souvenirs are the best choice. Made in China provides some lovely Olympic souvenirs for you. Go there and have a look now! Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is coming. If you can get something special for the Olympic Games from China, it would be great. Luckily, Made in China can satisfy you. Fuwa are the mascots of the 29th Olympic Games. They are 5 lovely children.
  • Best drinks in Beijing - These can range in price, and some tea houses are really tourist traps whose main goal is to milk you of your money, so be careful. You can get a free tea demonstration at most Tenrenfu tea houses which are located throughout the city and at some malls. In Beijing, that is now leading the country’s cultural revival, also remember that a tea can be sipped while watching martial arts and acrobatics. What the hell is this? Some teahouses have recently reappeared showing a variety of Beijing Opera and traditional shows and there you will be served delicious selections of tea and cakes too.
  • Festive China - Traditional Chinese festivals range from the quiet and dignified to colourful free-for-alls with booming gongs and cymbals and frantic dancers in dragon and lion costumes. Most are based on the Chinese lunar calendar and so the actual date differs from year to year. Confucius's birthday First we'll look at the birthday of Confucius in September. Though celebrated all over China, you can best experience this event in Confucius's home of Qufu, specifically at the Confucius Temple. Confucius is revered in China for being a thinker, social philosopher and teacher. He spent his life in poverty and relative obscurity, and his teachings were only written down and disseminated by his disciples after his death. Celebrations for Confucius's birthday start at 4 a.m. in the Confucius temple. Ceremonies are modest as befitting a man who taught moderation.
  • China package holidays - Many people choose to spend holidays in China. With a long and fascinating history, China offers beautiful art and architecture, a thriving and interesting culture, varied regional cuisine and more.
  • Online Chinese Traditional Furniture Street - [Abstract] Do you want to return to the ancient time? Chinese traditional furniture will be a good choice. This article tells you some Chinese traditional furniture streets where you can find them, as well as a convenient way, the online Chinese traditional furniture made in china You will also know how to choose Chinese traditional furniture. Chinese traditional furniture is a kind of art.
  • Wind Sprints in Fragments - The American sprinters are now in Beijing after spending more than a week at training camp in Dalian. The biggest contingent arrived Sunday to start working out at the U.S. Olympic Committee facility at Beijing Normal University. Tyson Gay said he expected to be part of the 400-meter relay team, though decisions on the team won't be set until after Saturday's 100 meter finals. The 100 meters is probably the much-awaited athletics event in the Olympics this year. Wallace Spearmon was open about his personal bests recently in Dalian, but the numbers he was throwing out didn't sound right - 250, 260, 257.
  • What Happened to the Fastest Man Under Any Conditions? - Last August 16, in Beijing, we saw a massive upset in the semifinal heat of the 100-meter sprint when one of the pre-race favorites, Tyson Gay, failed to qualify by 0.02 seconds. It was supposed to be the scene for the biggest race of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the sprint to see who will be crowned the world's fastest man.
  • How to travel to the Summer Olympics - How to get tickets: The Beijing 2008 Olympics kick off August 8, but tickets are already going fast. Skip the official Web site of the Olympic Games: Only residents of mainland China are eligible to order tickets through it. For Americans, the best way to buy tickets is through CoSport (877/457-4647). Alternatively, if you're willing to pay marked-up prices, you can snap up tickets from ticket brokers, such as RazorGator (800/542-4466), which obtain tickets and resell them a few months in advance of the Games. CoSport's ticket-request lottery—the first round of sales—is over. Check CoSport's Web site in October for announcements on when it will put its remaining tickets on sale. "Typically, the most popular events are the opening and closing ceremonies, swimming, diving, and women's gymnastics," says Donald Williams, vice president for sales and marketing at Cartan Tours, which offers vacation packages.
  • Not only olympic games - The 2008 Olympics are for sure a world-wide event attracting thousands and thousands of visitors. Let’s see how the Government will adjust together the 15 millions citizens with the foreign human flood in hot and humid August For sure is not the best time to go. And somehow we perceive a kind of contradiction between the sport ethic of fair play.. and the human right deception China is constantly trying to mask. Luckily impossible in its 100%.
  • Beijing 2008 XXIX Olympiad & the Chinese Economy - As one stands in awe, amazed at the $47 billion opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 XXIX Olympiad , you cannot avoid being overwhelmed by the thunderous Chinese drums, portraying the ancient arts of Chinese calligraphy and body painting, printing, marine-faring and abilities in intricate display of mangle...
  • Will the Real Chinese Stand Up? - There are several main regional dialects of Chinese. The most populous dialects are Mandarin with approximately 850 million speakers, Wu with about 90 million, Min with and estimated 70 million, and Cantonese with at least 70 million. Mandarin therefore is the main dialect in China both in numerical terms and as well as being sanctioned as the main language by the Chinese government and therefore of most benefit to the aspiring student. The word Mandarin is a translation from the Beijing expression guan-huà meaning "official language" that was the dialect of this city for several centuries. This dialect was accepted as the official language at the beginning of the 20th century.
  • Olympic Basketball Preview - Here is a preview of what I consider to be some of the best players on the Olympic Basketball Team for the United States going into the Beijing Summer Olympics. Also, this article is focused on basketball cards of the players. Chris Paul is an energy player and can be counted on to consistently play with a high level of enthusiasm and energy. Chris Bosh is also going to be counted on to spark the team.
  • America's Middle Distance Running Disaster at the 2008 Beijing Olympics - Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley Despite all of the United States' great success in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there was next to nothing to cheer about its middle distance runners in the track and field competition. America's hopes rode squarely on the shoulders of Bernard Lagat and Ryan Hall.
  • Get To Know China’s Ten Wonderful Places - China is a big country with lots of places to see and lots of things to do that a mere week will never be enough, even a month will not suffice. But still, so many tourists visit this wonderful country yearly, and yearly, that number is increasing. So, why do they keep coming back to China? Here are some reasons why. 1. Great Wall of China Whoever heard of anybody who visited China and never went to see the Great Wall of China?
  • Phelps' 8 Gold Medals Could Net Him $100 Million in Future Income - Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley Sports agents that should know decided some time ago that winning a gold medal in the Olympics could be worth $12 million in appearances and endorsements for a very marketable athlete. Michael Phelps earned 8 gold medals in swimming competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, breaking Mark Spitz's American record of 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Eight golds at $12 million apiece works out to $96 million in possible income. Phelps' agent, Peter Carlisle, agrees. "What is the value of 8 golds in Beijing before a prime-time audience in the United States?" said Carlisle, posing the question. "I'd say $100 million over the course of his lifetime." Carlisle leads the Olympic and Action Sports Division at Octagon.
  • The Pisces Effect - The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event. As the Olympic momentum has grown so has the profile and complexity of the Games. Participation in the Games has reached the point where nearly every nation is represented. Each Olympics appears to bring with it an increased number of events designed specifically to match an ever growing diverse number of sports.
  • Unique China - China is a vast and sprawling land home to countless groups each with its own culture and traditions. But for all its diversity, certain threads run through China's long history - dragons, jade, silk, porcelain, to name a few. To examine the facets of China, we'll look at 3 of its repositories of ancient tradition - Shanghai Museum, Beijing Jade Museum and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Shanghai Museum is home to a fabulous collection of ancient Chinese art in its 11 galleries and 3 exhibition halls.
  • Omega Watches and the Olympics - Omega is the official timekeeper of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. It only makes sense that Omega watches keep track of the times in the Olympics, as Omega invented the first stopwatch ever in 1898. In 1948, Omega also created the world's first photo-finish camera. Even the Swim-O-Matic touch pads at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games were made by Omega. As Omega keeps progressing the way the Olympics can enhance timekeeping, they continue to be the official timekeeper for the Summer Games. Over many different time periods, the technology used to time events at the world Olympic Games have gone through the a variety of stages which include: manual timing, electro-mechanical timing, electronic-quartz timing and the broadcasting of live results.
  • So How Long Has Michael Phelps Been Training to Be a Champion? - Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley Stories about teenage phenoms winning gold medals and setting world records at world-class swimming competitions are legion. The list is long and you can add Michael Phelps' name to the list. Phelps began swimming for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club at age 7. He was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and was encouraged to take up swimming to provide him with an outlet for his energy.
  • Mainstream Western media stages - If you google "China" or "Olympics" on any given day in recent months, with the exception of the few weeks China was stricken by deadly earthquakes, you will be overwhelmed by the shower of negative coverage from the mainstream Western media against China and its hosting...
  • Cheap flights to china - More people are interested in travelling to the Orient than ever before, either in search of spiritualism, or just to get a taste of the unique culture that places like China, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and others can offer. China travel is particularly interesting because of the variety of interesting places and cultural hot spots that can be found. Another very important factor is that a holiday to China is very easy on your budget.
  • Gender Prediction With The Chinese Birth Calendar - The Chinese Birth Calendar is such an amazing discovery that it is still used widely across the world as a way to predict the sex of your expected baby. Although there are many ways to predict the sex of your child with rapidly increasing knowledge in the field of science, such as the use of modern ultrasound systems, the Chinese Birth Chart has been said to be as accurate as 99%.
  • Travel Destinations To China - Traveling to China will immerse us not only to the top travel destinations. Instead, we can go through a lot of different cultures that symbolizes a long history and spans the age of the Chinese civilization. From the highlands of Tibet, the popularly known Silk Road and the Forbidden City, China has so much in its large nutshell. The Great Wall of China China being known for tourism can be attributed to its Great Wall. The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world and China’s greatest travel destination.
  • Manufacture Product Or Import From China? - With One Child Or Two? - If only China knew decades ago of its future explosion in the global marketplace, it surely would hot have implemented a one-child policy as they have done over the past decades. Now Beijing is faced with a huge demographic challenge. With the explosion of trade with China, business is booming and needless to say, every other product today is manufactured or "Made in China". But China is faced with a shrinking workforce in the urban areas. Their long-standing one-child policy is now making life difficult for China but it is not too late to reconsider the policy for future growth. China’s one child-policy has worked very well in the past.
  • Are the Dope Officials Taking Sides? - Asafa Powell, while waiting for the Athletics schedule in Beijing, says drug tests could affect his 100-meter performance. Powell fears that the continuous blood tests he has received in the last few days can affect his chances of winning his first 100-meter title in the Olympic Games. Powell is one of about 10 track and field athletes participating in a previously unreported voluntary anti-doping program -- which is why the former 100m world record-holder's complaints Tuesday (August 12) about too many drug tests surprised the sport's world governing body. Powell is in a pilot project, in which athletes agree to undergo unlimited testing by the International Association of Athletics Federations.
  • Michael Phelps' 2008 Olympic Legacy: 8 Gold Medal Victories, 7 World Records - Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley Is there anyone who watched the Beijing Olympics on television who does not already know that Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals, setting 7 world records and 1 Olympic record in the 8-day swimming competition? Of course not, so let it be known that Phelps broke American Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals while competing in the swimming events at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a record that stood the test of time for 32 years. Many pundits thought that Spitz's accomplishment would never be broken, but others like me know that records are made to be broken—that is the whole point of keeping records.
  • What You Need To Know About Applying For An International Student Loan - Before you get all excited about the thought of obtaining an international student loan so that you can attend college at some exotic university in Beijing or Paris, hang onto your laptop. There are rules and regulations when it comes to these types of loans, and they are also extremely difficult to obtain. However, for the determined and the focused, there are ways to achieve the seemingly impossible. First, know the rules and regulations, and there's a ton of them.
  • China and the 2008 Olympic Games - My book, RETURN TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM: One Family, Three Revolutionaries, and the Birth of Modern China, begins in the middle of the 19th century when China was nicknamed, by the Western Powers, as the "Sick Man of East." When Eugene Chen (my late father-in-law), fought to get rid of this label, there were other characters in my book who were fighting the same good fight. One was Zhang Boling, a great educator, who founded Nankai School on the principles of the American educational system after he had graduated from his American Alma Mater, and made the school sports an important part of training. The slogan was: Healthy people makes a strong nation.
  • Mainstream Western media stages "Blemishing China Marathon" (Part II) - Why is the mainstream Western media so angry with China? In his recent article "Are the Media Being too Mean to China?" published on slate.com, Prof. Tim Wu of Columbia University wrote that "China's idea of what makes for a better Olympics for foreign consumption—
  • The Hidden costs of doing Business in China - All the eyes of the business world are oriented towards China. This "economical wonder" is the source of many entrepreneurial opportunities, which seem easily accessible. Who doesn't what to be part of the Chinese miracle economy? Most of us want a piece of this huge profit cake. There are, nevertheless, many examples of business that struggle to enter China, consequence of a narrow view of costs that lie within Chinese business environment. Hopefully there are more examples of success stories that have managed those costs in a pro-active way. Motorola has done considerable investments to enter China, and most of it was dedicated to technology transfer.
  • Can the Olympics help give sport back to the people? - But if these Olympics mean an awful lot for China, what might they mean for us? We will be putting ourselves on display in 2012, though mercifully in a somewhat different way from China. If we currently, and understandably, worry about our competence at handling big investment projects, I think we are also reasonably sure that we can both run a good party and put in a reasonable performance in the arenas. The run-up to this will be the medals rankings in Beijing.
  • Mainstream Western media stages "Blemishing China Marathon" (Part III) - Is Western-styled press freedom what China needs? A highly-respected US scholar once told me that the Western media is founded on the spirit of challenging authorities and it is the media's job to be cynical, vigilant, critical, defiant and negative. I am a strong believer of the fundamental principles on which the US political system is founded. Besides many merits of the system, media stands out as an indispensable component designed to supervise, on behalf of the public, the three branches of the federal government.
  • China's Real Estate Market Finished - The property market in China maintains its growth momentum throughout 2007. Both its major first-tier cities and some second-tier cities continued to substantial development and growth.
  • The property market in China - The property market in China maintains its growth momentum throughout 2007. Both its major first-tier cities and some second-tier cities continued to substantial development and growth. BEIJING - Each sector of Beijing's property market expanded in the fourth quarter, average rentals rose. In the fourth quarter of 2007, massive completion of prime office projects added 460,000 sm to the existing stock, and the vacancy rate increased by 2.8 percentage points to 14.1%. High quality projects completed this quarter pushed rents up by 3.8% q-o-q, reaching RMB 193.1 psm per month. The Beijing serviced apartment market has benefited most from the upcoming Olympic Games among luxury residential leasing market sectors. Serviced apartment rents rose by 5.6% q-o-q to RMB 228.5 psm per month.
  • Boycotting Beijing: A History of Politics at the Olympic Games - China recently demonstrated its willingness to brutally suppress stirrings of Tibetan sentiment. Angry protestors in Paris and elsewhere then seized the occasion of the Olympic torch's passing to express their ire toward the hosts of this year's Games. Some foreign dignitaries have acknowledged that they will not attend certain events, and others have refused to confirm that they will travel to Beijing at all. The big B-word has been vocalized. However it is unlikely that a large-scale boycott will come to pass for two reasons. The first is that the fate of most economic powers is now more closely intertwined with China's than they would care to admit; for practical reasons, they are not inclined to antagonize a Chinese government which has made clear that any boycott will be considered a national insult.
  • Chinese Pregnancy Calendar - What Is A Chinese Pregnancy Calendar? - The Chinese pregnancy calendar is an absolute must have for any mother to be. If you don't already know what it is, a Chinese Pregnancy Calendar is a chart that was buried in the tomb of royals around a 700 years ago. Currently on display at the Beijing Institute of Science, it is supposed to tell expectant couples whether or not their child is going to be a boy or a girl. The calendar has two axes: the age of the mother at conception and the month that the baby was conceived.
  • China's Real Economic Engine - Diversity - China's unprecedented growth and the opportunities it presents are no longer a secret in the business world. Although megacities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, have long captured much of the spotlight, it is behind the scenes, in second-tier cities, where one can witness the real source of China's economic growth. Contrary to expectations, the majority of China's imports are not ending up in Beijing, Guangzhou, or Shanghai but in a group of second-tier cities — Chongqing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Harbin, Kunming, Nanjing, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xiamen, Xian, and Zhuhai —

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