With a height of 330 meter, Beijing’s tallest building. It is one of the towers of the China World Trade Center and from my library it also serves as a measurement of pollution.
These pics were all taken on REAL blue sky days. Obviously.
For non-Beijing residents, it is also right in the middle of the CBD.
CCTV Tower: going up (somehow)
CCTV tower is now becoming more visible in the CBD (Central Business District) skyline. Now the hard part is coming – joining both ends of the horizontal top structure.
See here some recent pics. If you don’t understand them, you are excused. The building is kinda “special”. You have to admit, Chinese construction companies can build anything.
Parking meters in Beijing: the real gold mine
Manufacturing parking meters and selling them in large quantities to the Beijing Government must be a golden business. Better than doing Olympic projects.
Simple. They don’t have to work. Some day they are installed (again some people have a job). Then they are never used. After some time most are vandalized and become modern expressions of art. Some, like ones pictured here, seem to be more sturdy and survive longer – and look better than those other ugly plastic ones.
Those meters are bad for employment. Putting poor parking attendants out of a job? Worse, do you expect the police to monitor if people paid?
Insider’s Guide to Beijing 2008
Michael Wester, general manager of True Run Media, read “That’s Beijing” kindly invited me for the launch of their new Insider’s Guide to Beijing. Walked away with the Guide, a latest fashion Mao-era bag and a detailed map about the location of the Olympic venues.
The party was in the Bookworm, all the That’s Beijing staff used traditional Chinese outfits and the crowd was diversified (and fun).
As I regularly tell my colleagues in the Beijing Government, you can’t beat those guys to know what is cooking in Beijing. Day and night. China Daily still has Bus Bar in a construction pit.
Hilton Pandas escape from their habitat
Sorry Vlad, your cute pandas have fled. They escaped in my versatile bag and are finally able to express themselves freely, see Mr. Panda When accompanied by Mr. Panda Happy and Mr. Panda Sad.
They complained they could show no emotion in your conference rooms.
I feed them daily CRI Easy FM. No bamboo here, sorry.