Liang gets a job in construction for the Beijing 2008 Olympic, so Shui Ying travels with him to Beijing, the capital and political center of China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkLWWnKcW28
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Liang builds the Olympic Stadium called Bird's Nest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0ZiJrcfrAo
They visit China's national library.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkTN5vdn4pM
They join a dance in a Beijing Park
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysFyVNl8_zw
To the music of this song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MY9bHI9CSM
And Shui Ying gets a little Shin Tzu dog, naming him Bao Bao.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg2HbD6W9Lk
They hang out at Hou Hai Lake.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNFfi1EbWDo
And then they go to Beijing Railway Station to travel back to Shanghai.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fBR4gqD9B0
But they come back to attend the Beijing Olympic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj8R7bEGK4w
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKe9uMbE-BY
Living in Beijing is Na Ying
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLkLzYGTd7g
and born in Beijijng is Faye Wong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYcEsagN6ss
And China's First Lady, Peng Liyuan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2V3zJVO01k
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gMqMFm5YFE
Oh China *sniff* I never got to see Beijing... That library is huge and I wanna dance in the park with a bunch of randoms, because that's just adorable!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI've never been much into the Olympics though...
China is Australia's largest trading partner and the countries have cultural relationship. The Capital M is a restaurant in Beijing founded by an Australian woman. They have a an annual literary festival in Shanghai, but maybe one day they'll invite you also to Beijing.
ReplyDeleteThat would be insanely cool :D I definitely need to give China a second shot...
DeleteI've been to Beijing once but I had a one year old and I was pregnant. Hubby and I did as much as we could but we were definitely slowed down!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Christina, for visiting again. Hopefully, your YA fiction will do very well and the publisher will send you to a book tour in South Korea. Then, you and your husband can take another trip to visit Beijing.
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