Beijing, CN - Dec 2019

detroit_alive · #1 Posted **Mar 19, 2020, 1:57 PM**

Not too long before lockdowns and quarantines were a thing, I had a business trip in Beijing. While only there for a few days I was able to get some photos from around town.

Shown if roughly chronological order: hazy morning CBD, Galaxy SOHO (Zaha Hadid), Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City, random street scenes, Parkview Green (IDA), more street scenes, Chaoyang Park Plaza (MAD), Sanlitun at night.

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BONUS ROUND, topic food:

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Thanks!

JMKeynes · #2 Posted **Mar 19, 2020, 2:05 PM**

Very nice!

tdawg · #3 Posted **Mar 19, 2020, 5:40 PM**

Amazing set of photos of what looks to be a very beguiling city.

Nightsky · #4 Posted **Mar 19, 2020, 5:44 PM**

Nice pictures! Beijing looks very beautiful, but I can't ignore all the smog and fog seen in pictures, also constant in most Chinese cities. After corona, the skies look much clearer, sadly enough.

Coldrsx · #5 Posted **Mar 19, 2020, 8:57 PM**

Looking forward to a post-COVID trip back to such an interesting country.

xzmattzx · #6 Posted **Mar 21, 2020, 12:03 AM**

Nice pictures!

detroit_alive · #7 Posted **Mar 26, 2020, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Nightsky

Nice pictures! Beijing looks very beautiful, but I can't ignore all the smog and fog seen in pictures, also constant in most Chinese cities. After corona, the skies look much clearer, sadly enough.

True. The first two days I was there it was very smoggy, as seen in the CBD photos. The air was thick and had an astringent smell. However at the end of my trip the weather changed and the wind from the north east blew the smog away revealing clear skies and sun. I imagine there are a lot of blue skies in China right now, with things operating at low capacity.

If anything this pandemic has shown how change of behavior can have an immediate impact on the environment.

hkskyline · #8 Posted **Mar 27, 2020, 12:59 AM**

They are trying to rely less on coal heating during the winter and moving towards natural gas. Let's see if the blue sky becomes more common in coming years.

Nightsky · #9 Posted **Mar 31, 2020, 5:58 PM**

Yes, let's hope the use of natural gas will improve the air quality a lot. I still haven't been in Shanghai and Beijing and many other cities, hope to go there in the near, post-corona, future.

geomorph · #10 Posted **May 18, 2020, 12:18 AM**

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I love this complex!

muppet · #11 Posted **May 18, 2020, 5:52 AM**

I like the edgy art -that's obviously a reference to the banning of Pooh bear images in the media