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Built To Last - The Story of Yangshi Lei Ironic as it may seem eight generations of a single family could soon be considered the real architects of China's power and one of its best kept secrets.
"China's going to have its own Le Corbusier": Zhang Xin High profile architects and real estate developers are accused of using China as a place of experimentation. Zhang Xin, Co-CEO of SOHO China, the country's most succesful real estate developer, asks: What's wrong with that? Every creative industry needs to experiment. Zhang Xin talks to Daragh Moller.
Beijing's Axis - China's 中 Glance at a map of Beijing; drawing a thick, imaginary vertical line down from the Olympic Village, directly through the imperial throne at the Forbidden City and on to the south. Allow your eyes to draw a line where the wall once was, where the Second Ring Road is now. If you only know three Chinese characters, then the one you've just drawn will be one of them.
Walk the Ancient Dadu City Wall It took 18 years to complete, but Dadu, a forbidden city, became a great city, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).
Have Bike, Will Climb Mountain biking is a great way to get out of the city and see the valleys, peaks and villages of Beijing's encircling mountains, writes avid cyclist Gou Fumao.
I Can't Believe It's Vegetarian! Xu Xiang Zhai is a pleasant, flowers-from-a-stranger kind of shock, and once you're used to its concept, you'll wonder why you haven't been exposed to this fascinating culinary niche before.
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