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Introduction
Beijing, China's capital, has a population of 11 million. Spread over 16,800-square kilometers this political, cultural and economic center is roughly the size of Belgium.
Over the last 3,000 years, many Chinese imperial dynasties have ruled the country from this capital. Odds are, when you visit China, Beijing will be among the first stops. Like many of the world's great metropolitan centers it is a major tourist destination.
A visit to Beijing means seeing some of the world's most recognizable structures such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square. It is a colorful mixture of the modern and the antiquated. High-rise office towers and huge, five-star hotels are right next to small alleys
(hutong) lined with traditional walled houses. While young people wear blue jeans, eat Kentucky Fried Chicken and listen to western music, the elderly still go to tea houses with friends, carry birdcages housing their pet songbirds in the morning mist and play chess by the roadside.
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