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Beijing Street Scene

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This photo of a Beijing street scene has a lot in it:

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photo by myuibe

  • The volleyball advertisment: I’ve always thought that this advertisement is cool. Looks great.
  • The KTV Hotel: which you can find throughout in China – although I’m not into Karaoke myself, KTV is an important part of everyday life in China.
  • Bicycles on top of a hut: which seems to be UPS hut, providing bicycle couriers I guess. Modern China.

But the real value in this photo comes from the couple sitting on the bench. Their positioning is great: leaning against each other, while the mother nurses the baby, her leg up against the plant holder. Its a classic!

The other stuff in the photo is interesting, but without the couple, it would not add up to a photo I’d pick to highlight on JobsInChina. In fact, the photo would probably benefit from cropping the rest out and making the couple the focus of the photo.

Click on the photo to see the bigger image at the Flickr site. You’ll be able to see the details much more clearly.

Xizhimen District In Beijing

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The office buildings in the Xizhimen area of Beijing are a fairly notable landmark.

Xizhimen
photo by denn

Accordint to Wikipedia’s Xizhimen entry:

formerly a gate in the Beijing city wall and is now the name of a transportation node in Beijing. The gate formerly was the entrance of drinking water for the Emperor, coming from the Jade Spring Hills to the west of Beijing. The gate itself was demolished in 1969.

The 2nd Ring Road currently links with Xizhimen Outer Street, which has recently been transformed into a city express road, linking the western 2nd Ring Road via Beijing Zoo to the 3rd Ring Road. A triple-arched highrise building is a noticeable landmark at the intersection.

It’s also has two underground stations (one for line2 and one for line 13) that are close together, but not actually connected.

Also of note in the photo are the ubiquitous Beijing taxis, which every visitor to Beijing is probably familiar with.