Beijing Your Way

     Kids taking trains of Subway Line 4 and Daxing Line (open soon) will be fond of a new poster – a giraffe with scale marks. Those above 1.2-meter will have to buy a full price ticket. Ticket offices, customer service room, auto-ticket-selling machine and entrance gates are all decorated with the poster. The poster is designed without [...]

     This year, universities and institutes in Beijing have enrolled over 80,000 foreign students, following the statistics from the Municipal Education Committee. This number exceeded last year for about more than 10,000 people. So, it is an impressive growth in number.      All the famous universities of the city received flows of newcomers. In Tsinghua [...]

     The White Robe General is actually not a man. It is a white-skin pine in Tuancheng, part of Beihai Park. It is said that Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) once stayed under the tree, and found it very useful to keep away sun heat. The Emperor was very happy and gave it the name Bai Pao [...]

     At the crossroad of Fucheng Men Nei Avenue and Xisi North Avenue, there is a two-story Chinese style building. The building is a branch of Xinhua Bookstore.      The building has a history more than 100 years. When the Empress Dowager planed her 60-year-old birthday celebration, she ordered to build several buildings for her [...]

     Recently, a restriction on moon cake packing came into force. The restriction limited that packing would only take 12% of the total cost, comparing with 25% from 2005.      Moon cake is a traditional Chinese food enjoyed on Mid-Autumn Day, August 15 in lunar calendar. It is becoming a gift of the festival and [...]

     A lot of guests may be curious when reading the names “Xisi”, “Dongsi”, “Xidan” and “Dongdan” on a Beijing city map. They are numbers connecting to directions, but reality goes further than that.      Actually, there is a story about Pailou (decorated archway). Pailou is a traditional Chinese architecture component. It would be erected [...]

     Yesterday, the rail transit Fangshan Line began its 3-month no-load test run. The new subway line will open at the end of this year. Because another line – Subway Line 9, is still under construction, so Fangshan Line will be the only one that cannot link with any other subway lines in a few [...]

     From Dynasty Mongol Yuan, the city of Beijing kept a clear central axis. The range of the imperial city changed, but the central axis still exists. Central Axis From A Bird View      The central axis of Beijing shows a beauty of order. The 7.8 km axis is the world lagest and well-protected model [...]

     The Ocean Beach Carnival in Chaoyang Park will finish on August 31, 2010. Starting on June 5, 2010, the carnival has lasted for over two months. People playing in Chaoyang Park      Chaoyang Park makes the Carnival as its main marketing program in summer. The Park was the competition ground for beach volleyball in [...]

     Guomao (World Trade Center) business circle is the largest commercial region in Beijing. The complex of Guomao, including two towers being early built in 1990s, China World Hotel, Exhibition Hall and some other towers, is the landmark of the region. The entire block belongs to the Hong Kong based enterprise – Shangri-la. You may [...]