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Upcoming Agenda

• 2008 Summer Olympics
Beijing 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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user experience

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!!!