For more of my photos, or to buy my book, please visit www.nickkembel.com Center of the Chinese Universe Beijing is one of the great cities of the world, possessing an alluring combination of ancient history, magnificent sites, unique architecture, great food, and proximity to China's most famous landmark, the Great Wall. I have wanted to visit Beijing for as long as I can remember, and I arrived there at a particularly interesting time; with the Olympics looming Beijing was the focal point of a lot of world and media attention, and the local government was making successful efforts to clean up the city and tone down it's terrible air pollution, so I was lucky enough to see some wondering blue skies when I visited. On the down side, the government was also demolishing ancient portions
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