{"id":14908,"date":"2019-11-11T09:30:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14908"},"modified":"2019-11-09T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T18:49:45","slug":"exploring-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/exploring-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beijing is the capital of China<\/strong> (\u5317\u4eac\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u9996\u90fd – b\u011bi j\u012bng sh\u00ec zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 de sh\u01d2u d\u016b). This huge city is home to over 20 million people, making it the 2nd biggest city in China behind Shanghai. Beijing is China’s political, economic, and cultural center<\/strong> (\u5317\u4eac\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u653f\u6cbb\u7ecf\u6d4e\u548c\u6587\u5316\u4e2d\u5fc3 – b\u011bi j\u012bng sh\u00ec zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 de zh\u00e8ng zh\u00ec j\u012bng j\u00ec h\u00e9 w\u00e9n hu\u00e0 zh\u014dng x\u012bn). I called this crazy, crowded, chaotic city home for over 5 years and it will always have a special place in my heart. Exploring Beijing is tons of fun as there’s so much to see and do there, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do in this post!<\/p>\n

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A scale model of Beijing at the Planning & Exhibition Hall.<\/p><\/div>\n

3 Day Beijing Tour<\/h2>\n

I realize that most people won’t spend half a decade in Beijing. Thankfully, you can cover most of the highlights in the city in just 72 hours. This post<\/a> shows you what to do and does so in Chinese, so it\u2019s great practice for your reading and an excellent vocabulary builder. Here are the videos for each of the three days as well:<\/p>\n