City Sights
The pictures in this section are mostly from around the hotel in the center of town, and to and from the other places we went. So they are disproportionately the newer parts of the city and near major roads, and there are no pictures of the charming older parts or the poorer areas.
Shopping on Wangfujing Ave (The Daphne store: very fashionable).
Inside a Wangfujing shopping mall.
Constant crowds on Wangfujing.
More people on Wangfujing
McDonald's, always crowded.
Bicycle delivery guy.
Shopping
Shopping
Popeyes blends in among old-looking decor
McDonald's blends in among old-looking decor
Chairman Mao graces the currency
Traffic, in a circle. Or is it a traffic circle?
Hazy morning on the way out of town. Big apartment buildings
Rapid growth in a sprawling suburb. The red banners advertise rental space.
The "E-Mail" clothing store in the sprawling suburb. Not as fashionable.
Advertising new development.
Advertising future development.
Older housing.
More older housing.
More older housing.
More older housing.
Ping pong on official TV.
Documentary on Mao's reading habits on official TV.
Recycling stations are pretty common in tourist areas.
Bicycles of all kinds.
Stop Domestic Violence campaign. English presumably at the request of a foreign NGO sponsor?
Huge buildings under construction all over town.
Keith Haring "influence" on store sign.
New office buildings (including Ford offices).
One of 70,000 or so taxi drivers.
One of the more crowded buses.