Beijing diary

Beijing diary
Thu, 21 Aug, 2008 - 01:00

YESTERDAY was a shopping day for the Beijing Bureau which meant a visit to Beijing’s famous Silk Market.

However expectations of narrow streets filled with authentic Chinese merchants in traditional dress proved to be an aircraft carrier wide of the mark.

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