as he points from the window of his 40th-floor office toward a silver-skinned prism rising out of the Beijing skyline. “Beautiful building, but not a single tenant. “Completely empty.

Imagine my surprise, then, when option C (the Beijing Olympics ... and the emperor is far away” seems tailor-made for the people of Yunnan. Despite China’s size and heterogeneity, it ...

All the places mentioned below are well within the city and thus suitable Beijing hotels will not be a problem too far away. In particular, some places down Guangqu Road might interest you.

July 29, 2008— -- Thick as pea soup, grey as ash, day after day, Beijing's smog clouds the Olympic skyline ... ceremonies now less than two weeks away. Chinese environmental officials ...

Huge towers just four or five blocks away fade into oblivion. Smog levels and the Beijing skyline are thoroughly intertwined: Not only have they risen in tandem during the city’s growth spurt ...

Travelers to Beijing for the summer Olympics will be amused to learn here that hailing a stranger on the streets with a hearty “hello” (or ni hao) is regarded as bizarre, even intrusive ...

Huge towers just four or five blocks away fade into oblivion. Smog levels and the Beijing skyline are thoroughly intertwined: Not only have they risen in tandem during the city’s growth spurt ...

high-rise skyline. The contrasts Beijing presents, are far greater today than I saw over 33 years ago, but such often stark scenes makes for quite “eye-catching” photography. Guanghua Lu ...