The new CCTV tower - soon to be the 2nd biggest building after the Pentagon (in terms of sq footage). The base is eight floors. There are tons of these sort of projects going up all over. The biggest airline terminal, huge hotels, huge apartments, etc. For anyone who is interested in such things, here's a repost the Kurt Andersen article that recently came out in Vanity Fair:
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/08/chinese_architecture200808
The Great Wall. Yes, I actually took the photo on the right.
Ticket scalping was illegal, but I finally found this spot after a couple of navigational miscalculations.
Beijing chapter of Hell's Angels - just back from Sturgis
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We have to get those visors started as a Vespa trend in SF. Great pic of the Great Wall.
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