Tag: beijing
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Some travel notes
“$22, one carton.” Cigarettes for sale on the plane. Lights are dimmed and switched off – peach sunset. Time to KL: 6:26 Distance to KL: 5,426 km Outside air temp: -18 C Altitude: 10364 m Old Indian man stares ahead at the blank screen as if there is something showing, sips wine from a plastic Read.
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On Beijing’s CCTV Headquarters
Beijing is dusty and sprawling and not a city you become nostalgic for. Some sections of it are, to the time-poor visitor, plain and free of character; some, particularly those around the historical and controversial Hutongs, even look positively provincial. But during my week in the city I began to gather habits, as if I Read.
Tristan Foster 