Beijing

oday was first day in Beijing and we visited the Forbidden City Complex and had a rickshaw tour of an older part of town that is undergoing tremendous renovation. Beijing is also undergoing a lo of construction to get ready for the Olympics. It is a thriving city, with broad boulevards and a lo of cultural and historic sites. There are also many many new buildings with beautiful architecture, but they are not as tall as the buildings in Shanghai and maintain a more balanced dimension to the existing architecture.
I am staying at the same hotel as the National Congress meeting participants and security is very tight.
Tomorrow we visit the Great Wall and that should be exciting.
I have posted some more pictures and videos.