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.

At Xi'an.

This is dig site 1 of the Terracotta Warriors. It is the oldest and largest of three dig sites. I'm just panning around to show the size of this place.

When I was here 10 years ago, they had this tight assed policy of absolutely no picture taking. So what changed? I surmise it was the 2008 Olympics and tourism. They couldn't promote the terracotta warriors and then say you can't take pictures to +500,000 tourists. That would be absurd.

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Last updated : March 18, 2011
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