capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
For nearly half a century, multitudes of cyclists packed the dusty boulevards of Chinese cities, an image as evocative of the nation's identity as the Great Wall or the giant panda. Now, after decades of steady increases, the number of bicycles on China's streets has begun to fall.
Home of the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The capital of China, in the northeastern part of the country; pop. 6,920,000. It became the country's capital in 1421, at the start of the Ming period, and survived as the capital of the Republic of China after the revolution of 1912
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
A code word representing the letter H, used in radio communication
An establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists
In French contexts an hotel particulier is an urban "private house" of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hotel particulier was often free-standing, and by the eighteenth
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Night photography in front of the Legendale Hotel Beijing.
Legendale Hotel Beijing
It gave me the greatest shock as the CCTV tower did.