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2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer OlympicsBeijing was elected the Host City for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in 2008.

Beijing International Marathon
The anual Beijing International Marathon this year takes place at Sun 19 oct. 2008.
The race starts in Tianamen Square and finishes at the National Olympic Sports Center.





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Sam van Wijk

Beijing - user Sam van Wijk - 24/01/2008
I can advise it everyone: phrase book and city guide on your cell phone! I have seen considerably a lot of the world and always got around without a dictionary, until my journey to Beijing. Eventually every thing went well in China but not after the necessary battle and bumps! After a long journey I arrived at Beijing. I was really hungry and went into the first Restaurant I saw. The menu was in Chinese, there was no English alternative. The staff only spoke Madarin. After a lot of drama I decided to go to another restaurant. Same story there. Luckily a Chinese student, who spoke a little English, came to my rescue, The meal which I ate that afternoon, satisfied my hunger but that was all. Later I find out how nicely you cab eat in China! A few nights later I met some other travellers in my hostel and got acquainted with XS2China. I directly downloaded the phrasebook with city guide for Beijing on my mobile phone. Especially the phrasebook was a big help for me, the city guide was a nice extra!!!




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Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant

Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant

Address
32 Qianmen Dajie
Phone
+862165112418

As fundamental to a Beijing trip as a visit to the Great Wall, the sampling of Peking duck is an absolute must---to miss out you’d have to be completely quackers. Despite the restaurant’s name and pedigree, service at this branch is pretty lousy; ... more...

Wangfujing Snack Street

Wangfujing Snack Street

Address
West off Wangfujing Dajie

Fronted by an ornate archway, this quadrant has bright and cheery restaurants and stalls overhung with colourful banners and bursting with character and flavour. This is a good place to pick up Xinjiang or Muslim Uyghur cuisine such as lamb kebabs ... more...

Fangshan Restaurant

Fangshan Restaurant

Address
12 Dongzongbu Hutong, east of Chaoyangmen Nanxiaojie
Phone
+861064011889

Beijing’s most elaborate imperial cuisine is served up in this restaurant in a pavilion overlooking the lake in Beihai Park. All dishes are elaborately prepared and range from delicately filled pastries to sea cucumber with deer tendon, peppery ... more...

Gou Bu Li

Gou Bu Li

Address
31 Dashilar, Dazhalan Jie
Phone
+861063152389

The renowned Tianjin baozi (filled buns) outlet has set up several branches in Beijing. This huge branch in Dashilar, Dazhalan Jie serves up five meat-filled buns (pork or mushroom and vegetable baozi).There is another two branches in Shuaifuyuan ... more...

Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant

Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant

Address
158 Qianmen Nandajie
Phone
+862165112542

One of Beijing’s best bloodless dining experience; restore your karma with dishes of mock meat that taste better than the menu even though service is pedestrian and the decorstrictly no-frills. The food is not to be missed and being a card-holding ... more...

Xiao Wang’s Home Restaurant

Xiao Wang’s Home Restaurant

Address
2 Guanghua Dongli, Chaoyang District
Phone
+862165943602/65913255

Treat yourself to home style Beijing cuisine from this excellent, bustling restaurant and go for one of Xiao Wang’s specials. The deep-fried spareribs with pepper salt are simply delectable. Xiao Wang---the cordial entrepreneurial owner---has ... more...

Huang Ting

Huang Ting

Address
Peninsula Palace,8 Jinyu Hutong, Wangfujin Dajie
Phone
+862168516/2888/6707

Old Peking is taken to an extreme in the courtyard of Huang Ting. Enter through a courtyard house entrance with carved lintels and a wooden portal to an interior fashioned from grey bricks with stone lions,water features, bird cages, stone floor ... more...

Kaorouji

Kaorouji

Address
14 Qianhai Dongyan, Shichahai
Phone
+861064042554

Near Silver Ingot Bridge (Yingding Qiao) close to the Drum Tower is this old Beijing restaurant what has been used since Qing times.If joining Lakeside Walk ir Beijng Bike Ride you will pass nearby, so you can stock up on calories with the ... more...


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