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Legend of the fall
Date: 2008-11-26 2:54:00 by leomagic Tags: Beijing
On distant Cold Mountains, a stone path leads upwards.
Among white clouds, peoples homes reside.
I must stop my carriage, and admire the maple forest at dusk.
In awe of autumn leaves, showing more red than the flowers of early spring.
Du Mu (AD 803-853)
Since my first day in Beijing, my Chinese friends have told me: "Beijing is beautiful in the Autum
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Beijing Olympic park reopened, free to Public
Date: 2008-10-15 21:01:00 by lavender0108 Tags: Beijing Olympic Green
The Olympic park in the Chinese capital reopened to citizens October.10 after it was closed October.6 for dismantling of certain facilities.
People are free to enter into the common area of the park, otherwise called Olympic Green, but they still need to buy tickets for the National Stadium, or Bird's Nest, and the Water Cube, two major Olympic venues, according to Wang Chun, an
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The Closing Ceremony of Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
Date: 2008-9-17 20:03:00 by orchid Tags: Beijing Paralympic
People may be forgiven for switching on their TV sets today to catch something on the Paralympic Games. Many are known to have done that the day after the Olympics ended to catch Olympic action.
The disappointment and the sorrow of bidding farewell to two of China's greatest events in recent times will linger for days, if not months. But like every good thing in life they had to
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