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	<title>China Travel Blog &#187; Beijing</title>
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		<title>two days tour in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2009/03/01/two-days-tour-in-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sightseeing tours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbidden City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent two days in Beijing and had to use my time wisely. We had signed up for two tours through Sinoway Travel. The guides, Tim and Lucy, were punctual, spoke very clearly in English, and were totally accomodating.   They are highly recommended by some of our friends, and I assumed that they would be best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boat ride to Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/11/30/boat-ride-to-summer-palace-and-beijing-zoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had gotten enough sleep on the plane that we were ready for the day.
Boat ride to Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo
We caught a taxi and told the driver we wanted to go to the canals that ran behind the imperial forbidden city and ride up to the summer palace and zoo. Although the cabbie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasha&#8217;s trip in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/10/03/tashas-trip-in-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/10/03/tashas-trip-in-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Great Wall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beijing, nostalgically still called &#8216;Peking&#8217; by journalists and wistful academics also know as &#8216;Northern capital&#8217; which interestingly is exactly what Peking translates to.  It is believed that Beijing was the largest city in the world from 1425 to 1650 and from 1710 to 1825. It is now the 17th largest city in the world.
After arriving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/15/the-great-wall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/15/the-great-wall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Badaling Great Wall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jinshanling Great Wall]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are staying in a lovely hostel on the Da Zha Lan Jie pedestrian street called Leo Hostel (Polly we had unfortunately paid up for 5 nights here before we got your guest book message so haven&#8217;t seen your Red Lantern). The hostel is very pleasant with two different premises. We are staying in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forbidden City and farewell to Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/11/forbidden-city-and-farewell-to-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/09/11/forbidden-city-and-farewell-to-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbidden City]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Made an 8am start this morning for our visit to the historic and cultural heart of China&#8217;s giant capital &#8211; Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Our guide, Fenny, led us into the subterranean madness that is the metro system for a rush hour ride to the Square. Tiananmen Square is truly vast in size [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing&#8211;I come !</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/24/beijing-i-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/24/beijing-i-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We landed at the Beijing International Airport and made it through customs. After getting our bags, we went outside for a taxi to the hotel. Then, we checked into the Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing. It was now about 4:00 PM Saturday. Our hotel was 10 minutes from Tian&#8217;anmen Square and the Forbidden City.  We thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our memory of Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/19/our-memory-of-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/19/our-memory-of-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We arrived at the ferry terminal in Tanggu, near Tianjin where we got a bus to Beijing.  Less than thirty minutes into our journey there was a loud bang where one of the rear tyres had burst. Eventually, seven hours later we arrived at the Red Lantern hostel in Beijing.
We spent our first full day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hutong life in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/15/hutong-life-in-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/15/hutong-life-in-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events and festivals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hutong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been living in Beijing Hutong area for more than 15 years, in my memory, there are many colours in Hutongs in Beijing, I was born in a Hutong in 1965, at that time, Hutong only had very simple colour, like grey,blue ,green&#8230;definitely no garish. but now, when you are sitting on a rickshaw and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections in Tian&#8217;anmen Square</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/09/reflections-in-tiananmen-square/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/09/reflections-in-tiananmen-square/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tian'anmen Square]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, we were supposed to go to the Great Wall non-touristy tour with her friends, but of course, we didn&#8217;t wake up early enough and they left without us. We ended up doing a LITTLE bit of shopping and went to Tian&#8217;anmen Square and the front door of the Forbidden City.
It was when I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Hours Of Beijing Olympic Torch Relay</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/08/final-hours-of-beijing-olympic-torch-relay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/08/final-hours-of-beijing-olympic-torch-relay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/?p=176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With less than 4 hours to the Beijing Olympic opening ceremony, the Olympic torch is in the final hours of its run. The final torch run commenced at 7.08 am (local time) at Zhoukoudian which was the site that the Peking Man was discovered. The Olympic torch relay will end at 12.15 pm at No.101 Middle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/07/welcome-to-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/07/welcome-to-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events and festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Wall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mutianyu Great Wall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/?p=167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We went on a tour of Tsinghua campus, helped out by our guides from Tsinghua who had done this program with Georgia Tech before. The campus is rather large, and therefore necessitated most of us buying a bicycle that day.
Some people rented bikes, but I just bought one for the equivalent of around $25. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing, Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/05/beijing-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/05/beijing-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our flight into Beijing was smooth enough, and we encountered no real difficulty in getting to our hostel. First objective accomplished. Prior reports of lack of English and the unfriendliness of the Chinese had yet to materialise, but obviously these were early days yet. Unbeknown to us (this wouldn&#8217;t have been the case if we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life in Tsinghua University and Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/05/life-in-tsinghua-university-and-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/05/life-in-tsinghua-university-and-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese school life]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a four hour flight to Hong Kong, and then another three hour flight to Beijing, we made it to Tsinghua University late Friday night! Our rooms are really nice! We have a TV, desk, private bathroom, and a sink&#8230;though our beds are basically a small pad on a piece of wood. You can&#8217;t drink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parties everywhere for Beijing Olympic</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/01/parties-everywhere-for-beijing-olympic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/08/01/parties-everywhere-for-beijing-olympic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beijing has set up 26 Olympic cultural squares across the city&#8217;s 18 districts and counties. They opened to the public Sunday and will remain open until the Paralympic Games close on September 17th.
The cultural squares have a plasma screen television to show live broadcasts of the Games. There will also be various performances and exhibitions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First guests check in at Olympic family hotel, Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/31/first-guests-check-in-at-olympic-family-hotel-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/31/first-guests-check-in-at-olympic-family-hotel-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through an &#8220;Olympic Family Hotel&#8221; program sponsored by the Beijing municipal government, overseas guests can take a closer look at the day-to-day life of ordinary families in Beijing. Let&#8217;s follow our reporter to find out more.
Berlin visitors Peter Voigt and Simone Teuber have just arrived in Beijing, and checked into a siheyuan, a traditional courtyard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Summer Palace</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/14/the-summer-palace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/14/the-summer-palace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Summer Palace was a second residence where the emperor would escape to beat the summer heat. Unlike the barren flat grounds of the Forbidden City, this site is full of trees and greenery. It is dominated by Longevity Hill at 60 meters high. The grounds are situated pleasantly around the large Kunming Lake which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell on Simatai Great Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/09/farewell-on-simatai-great-wall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/09/farewell-on-simatai-great-wall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was spent on the Simatai section of the great wall, a 3 hour expedition via bus (3 hours in a tin can each way). However it was definately worth it, as how could you come to china and not see the wall, plus going to this further out section meant less tourists, though still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our last day in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/06/our-last-day-in-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/06/our-last-day-in-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back to the Silk market was the agenda for this morning, some hardcore shopping followed then back to the hotel for checkout and the beginning of the true fun. Our Taxi driver to the hostel was officially a lunatic, who we were convinced (well i was) had no idea where he was going. &#8216;What the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 days Shanghai and Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/07/02/shanghai-and-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to visit Shanghai and Beijing from Hangzhou some time next year. Would 6 days be enough for the whole trip. What would be the best time to visit these places and will someone kind enough to provide some tips to places of interest and the mode of transport to go around.
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		<title>Best Hutong Bars in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/29/best-hutong-bars-in-beijing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/29/best-hutong-bars-in-beijing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foods, restaurants, bars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wanna explore some real taste of Beijing? Courtyard (Siheyuan) Hutong bars in Beijing is one of the best choices. Stepping into the Beijing Hutongs hidden in the green trees and staring at the clear sky out of the ancient brick walls, we seem to have entered the blood vessels of the this ancient capital and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing Olympics &#8211; Accommodation &#8211; Rent an apartment</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/28/beijing-olympics-accommodation-rent-an-apartment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/28/beijing-olympics-accommodation-rent-an-apartment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hotels in Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the hotel beds for the Olympics are locked by Olympic Committees, sponsors, etc. and will be released at some point.  Accoring to the experience from previous events,  these beds will be released when the openning ceremony is closer and closer, but the problem is: No one knows when they will release.
Renting an apartment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing&#8217;s new airport</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/26/beijings-new-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/26/beijings-new-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beijing airport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s more like a small country than an airport terminal. Beijing&#8217;s terminal is twice the size and about half the cost of Heathrow&#8217;s new Terminal Five, which is due to open next month.
This terminal will be able to handle 50 million passengers a year. The architects say it&#8217;s the largest building in the world &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing Olympics is coming</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/26/beijing-olympics-is-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People&#8217;s Republic of China.
Seven million tickets will be sold for the 2008 games, with more than five million allocated to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biking in Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/26/biking-in-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events and festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nicholoas Hogg
Beijing is huge, especially if the bike you’ve rented is as heavy as a lump of solid iron, and the air you’re breathing is thick with fumes belched from diesel guzzling trucks and beaten up taxis. Yet this is theway to get around in China’s teeming capital. Forget sitting in a traffic jam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partner Cities of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/23/partner-cities-of-beijing-2008-olympic-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/23/partner-cities-of-beijing-2008-olympic-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
Venue: Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (Shatin)
Competition: Equestrian
There are two venues for the Equestrian events of the 2008 Olympic Games:
ⅰ. The Jumping and Dressage events will take place at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (location: Shatin);
ⅱ. The Cross-Country test of the Eventing competition will take place at the Hong Kong Olympic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for the Beijing Olympic Traveler</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/23/tips-for-the-beijing-olympic-traveler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/06/23/tips-for-the-beijing-olympic-traveler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cici</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. You may not realize this, but “Murphy” was Chinese. Or at least a traveler to China. Everything that can go wrong in China, will go wrong. You would think picking up your Olympic tickets would be easy. Not if you have a middle name. But that shouldn’t a problem for most foreigners, right? And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing Peninsula Hotel</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/03/30/beijing-peninsula-hotel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hotels in Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rooms: Stayed at Beijing Peninsula-it was wonderful. They had automatic switches to control just about everything. The staff was very courteous and very eager to help. The hotel itself was beautiful in the lobby and rooms. Everything was VERY accessible which we did not find in our other hotels. Very enjoyable stay, we were sorry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forbidden City</title>
		<link>http://www.sinowaytravel.com/chinablog/index.php/2008/02/14/forbidden-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AARON A. VESSUP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attractions and activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Olympics 2008]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was neat to see the buildings and grounds of the Forbidden city but everything just sits empty like a museum. Not even a stick of incence was burning. It is no longer occupied by royalty but remains a symbol of Chinese sovereignty. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. [...]]]></description>
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