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China: Urbanizing and Moving East: The 2010 Census

Date: 2011-11-6 19:16:00 by demographia Tags: 2010 Census provinces shanghai Beijing Tianjin

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Downtown China

Date: 2011-11-6 19:12:00 by demographia Tags: Beijing shanghai Suzhou Changdu Changsha Taiyuan Xi'an wuhan Hangzhou nanjing Chonqing Guangzhou Shenzhen Dongguan Kunming Guizhou Tianjin Shenyang Hangzhou

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So who goes on vacation to relax?

Date: 2011-10-15 1:52:00 by jadegeko Tags: Beijing Travel Great Wall of China Si Ma Tai Tianjin Hong Kong Summer Palace

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It was my first flight, my first big vacation. I was definitely more exhausted at the end than when I started. After studying my travel guide for almost a whole year I went by myself to Beijing and then to Hong Kong. Too bad I had laryngitis. Hm. I liked that my hotel was not only close to a subway station, but also had a regular breakfast salty pancake cart outside - tasty!

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Eating in China

Date: 2010-12-17 10:55:00 by danlloyd Tags: food Beijing Tianjin

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Ah, that classic Chinese landscape of humping peaks, each like the others, rising from the plain as far as one can see. I’m referring to a table loaded with dumplings (gyoza), lumpy boiled pockets of everything edible. Dumplings are a Tianjin specialty. They are also the specialty of Beijing. And, we’ve been told, every Chinese city

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Beijing to Tianjin: First impressions of two cities

Date: 2010-12-17 10:47:00 by danlloyd Tags: Beijing Tianjin first impressions

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You know that emotion you feel on encountering the extremes of nature -- standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon, for example? Awe, the sublime, smallness of self. Beijing is the first place where I've felt that awe in the presence of the works of humankind. After our spectacular multi-continental breakfast buffet in a Beijing hotel, we went up to the swimming pool and spa on the 2

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