Tips of Beijing

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Tips of Beijing Beijing is the capital city of
China, which has a total of over 15 million
residents and is growing with 4.3 per year.
There are about 80 public colleges/universities
including the most famous Peking university and
Tsinghua university. In addition, there are
about the same number of private schools in
Beijing, and this number is growing year by year.
About 110,000 foreign students, from 173
countries, are studying in China now. This
number is growing with 25 per year .
120,000 foreigners are working in China now
including many American. The number of
foreigners working in Beijing increased by 30
last year.
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Do you know? Almost all major US
economic/business companies have a cooperation
with China such as electronics, textile industry,
agriculture, aeronautics,
Millions of Americans are working on projects
that have a relationship with China. Many of
those people travel back and forth between the
United States and China.
In the near future, China will be one of the most
important strategic partners of the United States
in the world. Based on the CCTV news, December
12, 06, the sum of the economic growth of US and
China took almost one half of the whole world
economic growth!
Opportunity is every thing! Hope through this
trip, you get to know Chinese culture, education,
economy, sports, . Hopefully, this trip can
provide you a foundation for your future
opportunities. Maybe you will find a job with a
company that has business with China. Maybe some
day, you are one of the businessmen on the
airplane traveling between US and China.
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A map of Beijing Pink Downtown Beijing and
special districts Green Suburb of Beijing
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The Central University for Nationalities (CUN) is
a top level Chinese university. It has about
20,000 students. Hundreds of foreign students
including American students are studying at CUN.
CUN will do their best to make our journey
colorful, fruitful, and enjoyable in Beijing. We
will visit the main scenes of Beijing during the
weekends and spare time. Hope the following
pictures can help you to learn a little about the
historical sites and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
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1. The Great Wall
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This is the main entrance for climbing the Great
Wall.
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2. Imperial Palace, ?? (Forbidden
City)
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Outside view of the Imperial Palace
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A corner of the Forbidden City
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The largest carved marble with nine dragons and
clouds -- allocated in the center of the
Forbidden City
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A bronze turtle in front of the Hall of Supreme
Harmony
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Another corner of the Forbidden City
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3. The Summer Palace park, Beijing
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The Tower of Great Fortune -- the main building
of the Summer Palace
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The Long Corridor full of paintings along the
hundreds of meters walking way.
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4. Temple of Heaven ??
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Birds-eye view of the Temple of Heaven
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The Echo Wall
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5. Ming (thirteen) Tombs
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6. Tiananmen Square
In fact, the Tianan Gate is the main tower and
entrance of the Forbidden City
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Tiananmen Square as seen from the Tian'an Gate
-- it is large enough for a million
peoples gathering
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A parterre in Tian An Men Square
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7. Ancient Observatory
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Armillary Sphere
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Sun Clock
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There are much more historical relics. If time
permits, we will be visiting other sites,
too. We will also visit..
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8. Beijing Zoo -- one of the largest
Zoological Gardens in the world
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Museums in Beijing, such as..
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Shopping centers are allocated everywhere in
Beijing. Chang An Jie street is one of the
famous streets in Beijing. Millions of travelers
visited here every year
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August 08-24, 2008, the 29th Summer Olympic Games
will be held in Beijing.
mascot
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Olympic Stadium I the main stadium, named
Birds nest
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Olympic Stadium II Water cube
National Aquatics Center
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Olympic Stadium III Sail boat center
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Olympic Stadium IV Shooting Range
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Olympic Stadium V track field games
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Olympic Stadium VI Soccer game
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Olympic Stadium VII indoor games
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Olympic Stadium VIII indoor games
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There are much more new facilities for the XXIX
Olympic Games. Hope this Olympic Games will be
the best, most successful, and the common dream
of the world. You will enjoy the wonderful
buildings and Olympic friendship.
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One world, One dream!
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Beijing welcomes you!
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Developing international programs is part of
UW-Systems mission. Cross campus cooperation may
do a better job. Students from all UW campuses
are welcome. You are encouraged to study this
course in Beijing. This activity may give you
international experience and new opportunities in
the future. Let me know if you have any question
or need further information.
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Thank you !