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The streets were busy - full of cars, trucks, police and bikes, bikes, bikes. We found a few
quiet spots. These pictures capture some of those extremes.
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| Entrance to Forbidden City. |
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| Many busy streets had walls lined with doors that opened to quiet alleys and homes. |
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| Bamboo garden near Forbidden City. |
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| Shopowners swishing the neverending rain away - Bejing. |
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| Crowds-everywhere. It's part of the culture to push your way through, so you just have to join in. |
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| You don't have to read Chinese to understand the consequences of messing with this power tower. |
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| Xian is an ancient city. This wall is part of the modern city but is 2,000 years old. |
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| Alley soccer in Xian. |
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| More bikes than cars . . . |
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| Old Bejing. |
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| Bejing market. |
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| This huge pharmacy sits on the site of a 1600 year old pharmacy and traditional medicine hospital. |
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