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greatauntoftriplets

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4. I was there in 1982.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2014, 01:06 PM

May 2014

Back then, you could only visit with a tour group so I had no problem with drivers at the airport. Also went to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guilin and Guangzhou, ending up in Hong Kong.

The hotel in Beijing was not quite completed and supposedly a copy of a Holiday Inn in Fayetteville, NC. Stayed at the old Peace Hotel on the Bund in Shanghai -- in the days before it had been modernized. Back then it looked like something from the 1930s.

It was an amazing experience.

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Have you been to Beijing or any part of the People's Republic of China ? [View all] steve2470 May 2014 OP

My company has a facility in Tianjin about 80 miles south of Beijing liberal N proud May 2014 #1

I have been there twice davidpdx May 2014 #2

I went to China about a year and a half ago for 10 days Major Nikon May 2014 #3

I was there in 1982. greatauntoftriplets May 2014 #4

I went there several times in the 1990s aint_no_life_nowhere May 2014 #5

very interesting anecdotes, thanks !!! nt steve2470 May 2014 #6

I've been three times NewJeffCT May 2014 #7

Agree, the air is horrible and you feel dirty just walking in it mainer May 2014 #8

I spent a few hours in Hong Kong a few years back. Coventina May 2014 #9