China 2009

By Al Wong

This is my experience in Beijing, China in the Summer of 2009. If you came to this webpage first, it's better if you start from the beginning of the story.

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At Tianamen Square in Beijing

The "de rigeur" picture of Chairman Mao while visiting Tianamen Square. I am actually standing relatively close to Mao. That haze you see which is blurring Mao's picture is smog. The whole Square is enveloped by this white smog. The temperature is over 100 F. It's depressing really. I remember at one time, you could see Mao's face clearly if you stood all the way on the other side of Tianamen Square! The air was very clean then.

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Last updated : August 19, 2009
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