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  1. Forbidden City with Mao portrait and guard.

    Forbidden City, Beijing

    by Wes Walker

  2. Entrance to Propaganda, with bicycles parked outside.

    Propaganda, Beijing

    by Jinghui Cai

  3. Great Wall at Mutianyu.
  4. Imperial Palace.

    Imperial Palace, Beijing

    by Wes Walker

  5. Shao Lin Monks performing, Shao Lin Monks Kung Fu show.
  6. Acrobats performing at Chaoyang Theatre, Chaoyang district.
  7. Stacked bikes, Panjiayuan Antique Market, South Chaoyang district.
  8. Lao She Teahouse interior.

    Lao She Teahouse, Beijing

    by Jinghui Cai

  9. Front Gate, with two young men walking by.

    Front Gate, Beijing

    by Jinghui Cai

  10. Buddha statues, Maoying Temple White Dagoba.
  11. Hanging lanterns and decorated beams, Prince Gong's Residence.

    Prince Gong's, Beijing

    by Greg Elms

  12. Cycling through a narrow Beijing hutong laneway.
  13. Locals buying crickets at bird and insect market.
  14. Monument of the People's Heroes and Peoples Great Hall in Tiananmen Square.
  15. People doing exercises with long ribbons at Temple of Heaven Park.
  16. People doing exercises with fans at Temple of Heaven Park.
  17. People practicing tai-chi in Temple of Heaven Park.

    Tai-chi, Heaven Park, Beijing

    by Richard I'Anson

  18. Night market food stalls in Wangfujing.
  19. Man in Ritan Park.

    Ritan Park, Beijing

    by Brian Cruickshank

  20. Looking over Great Wall of China.

    Great Wall of China, Beijing

    by Brian Cruickshank

  21. Passby bar, Dongcheng.

    Passby bar, Dongcheng

    by Greg Elms

  22. Yashow Clothing Market.
  23. Kunmin Lake, Summer Palace.

    Kunmin Lake, Beijing

    by Greg Elms

  24. Daxanzi Art District.
  25. Looking for jewellery, Beijing Curio City.
  26. Zhaojia Chao Wai Furniture Market, South Chaoyang.
  27. Xizhimen subway buildings, Xicheng.
  28. Marco Polo Bridge.

    Marco Polo Bridge, Beijing

    by Antony Giblin

  29. Lanterns and seller eating at Dongyuan/Qianhai Beiyan (Lotus Lane).
  30. Guard using his camera on China's National Day in Tianamen Square,
  31. Chef making famous Tianjin Gou-Bu-Li buns in a restaurant.
  32. Monument to the Peoples' Heroes, Tiananmen Square, Dongcheng district.
  33. Morning at moat-like lake adjacent to Forbidden City.

    M'oat-like lake, Beijing

    by Sune Wendelboe

  34. Guard, Tiananmen Square.
  35. Tourist taking photograph at Tian'anmen Square.

    Tian'anmen Square, Beijing

    by Sune Wendelboe

  36. Detail of two glazed tile dragon on Nine-Dragon Screens, Beihai Park.

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    by Bruce Bi

  37. Grand National Theatre.
  38. Clothes on Dazhalan Jie.

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    by Greg Elms

  39. Water garden.

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    by Greg Elms

  40. Mutianyu Great Wall.

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    by Sune Wendelboe

  41. West Wing, lesbian bar.

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    by Greg Elms

  42. Train commuters packed on train during afternoon rush hour on a Chaoyang line train.

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    by Greg Elms

  43. Shao Lin Monks performing, Shao Lin Monks Kung Fu show.

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    by Greg Elms

  44. Maze of cardboard at gallery in 798 Art Zone (Dashanzi Art District).

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    by Rodney Zandbergs

  45. Cardplayers and cricket cages.

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    by Wes Walker

  46. Temple of Heaven.

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    by Bob Charlton

  47. Marble ramp to Hall of Supreme Harmony at Forbidden City.

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    by Bob Charlton

  48. Floral relief detail from the Beijing Art Museum, housed in the Wanshou Temple.

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    by Jinghui Cai

  49. Rickshaw and driver.

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    by Greg Elms

  50. Man exercising in Ritan Park.

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    by Greg Elms

  51. Lao She Teahouse interior.

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    by Jinghui Cai

  52. Zhihua Temple.

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    by Jinghui Cai

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