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If you arrive at Beijing’s brand new Capital Airport these days, you’re immediately confronted with China’s enthusiasm about the Olympics.
And that feeling of excitement is going to stay with you every step that you take in China.
At the airport, you’re likely to see groups of young Chinese all decked out in blue and white track [...]
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There will be no dog meat in Beijing restaurants during the Olympics.
According to this weekend’s edition of China Daily (the country’s English language newspaper), the city’s 112 officially designated Olympic restaurants have been banned from selling dog meat during the Olympics.
The paper continues that non-designated restaurants have also been encouraged not to serve the meat.
“Dog [...]
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The online weather forecast was for sun and blue skies in Beijing on Friday. But on the ground, things looked quite different.
It was so hazy when our plane touched down that I thought we were still high up in the clouds. I could only see the ground a few seconds before we touched down on [...]
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