Move over Sanlitun, There's a Hot New Hood in Town | the Beijinger: Even though many of our old favorites have been shut down as part of the capital’s recent urban beautification plan, not all of the changes have been bad. Actually, optimists could argue that Beijing's drinking and dining scene is finally undergoing a much-needed shakeup. The biggest change? The emergence of Xinyuanli, which is finally offering some competition to the once dominant and business-saturated neighborhood of Sanlitun.
Ni hao! The China Millenium Monument in Beijing 北京. All over the world, celebrations and festivities to usher in Year 2000 make up one of the grandest spectacles at the end of the century, as mankind strides towards the new century and millennium. New opportunities, challenges, and hopes are emerging over the horizon of China of the 21st century. The Chinese nation, with its splendid civilization of 5000 years, is on the threshold of an epoch of great renewal, as a future of yet greater splendour is arising in the East of the world. At the turn of the century and millennium, the China Millennium Monument. with its oriental cultural overtones and contemporary architectural art, will promote the national spirit by embodying an original style, displaying a modern aestheticism, and expressing hopes of the future. The China Millennium Monument, as China' s symbolic and commemorative building to welcome the Year 2000, is a gift for the world of the 21st century from the Chines
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