Content about Beijing

10.04.09

It has been a busy weekend for China, though a relaxing one for most Chinese people. This is now the middle of the National day holidays that started on the 1st of October. Most people have time off work and kids have time off school. On Thursday, in Beijing, they had a huge parade of over 200,000 people. If you didn't see it, here's a chance to catch up. 

It has been a busy weekend for China, though a relaxing one for most Chinese people. This is now the middle of the National day holidays that started on the 1st of October. Most people have time off work and kids have time off school. On Thursday, in Beijing, they had a huge parade of over 200,000 people. If you didn't see it, here's a chance to catch up. The Boston Globe has a big picture feature full of great pictures from Thursday 

09.30.09

First post on my new site. Oh isn't it so exciting. The possibilities. It is always a thrill to start something new. For me it is only a web site, but Sixty years ago, tomorrow, China was celebrating a new start. This time it was a new Country: The People's Republic of China. My starting a new web site and blog pales into insignificance compared with that achievement. So lets take a quick look at some of the Key events of the last 60 years in China.

First post on my new site. Oh isn't it so exciting. The possibilities. It is always a thrill to start something new. For me it is only a web site, but Sixty years ago, tomorrow, China was celebrating a new start. This time it was a new Country: The People's Republic of China. My starting a new web site and blog pales into insignificance compared with that achievement. So lets take a quick look at some of the Key events of the last 60 years in China.