A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Beijing, China by TravelPod blogger Globetrekker titled “Empire of the Dragon” Globetrekker’s travel blog entry: “Second Pit Stop: BEIJING, CHINA (Country Name in Local Language:Zhongguó Local Time: 6 PM, Mon US Central Daylight Saving Time: 5 AM, Mon After bidding adieu to my Japanese friends in Osaka, my ANA (All Nippon Airways)flight landed in China’s capital shortly around midday on Sunday, Aug 13, 2006. On board, the young Japanese flight attendants were all fluent in Japanese, English, and Mandarin. Some were even conversant in other European and Asian-based languages like French and Korean. I was very impressed with the stellar service offered on Japan’s #2 airline. A lot of details were paid to passengers’ comfort. My first glimpse of Beijing from the air was of monotonous cookie-cutter apartment buildings. The design was very typical of banausic residential buildings behind the Iron Curtain. As we touched down at Beijing’s Capital City Airport, the flight attendants warned us that airport procedures had recently gotten tighter due to the recent arrest of potential terrorists in the UK. Because the ripple effect from this incident was vividly palpable in Asia, we were told that inspection was going to be laboriously meticulous in and out of Beijing. Indeed, the world was getting smaller and no country, regardless of geopolitical doctrine, was immune to the the malicious causes of Al Qaeda. BEIJING, CHINA Beijing …

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