We sleep in, but with a 10am start that’s ok. Ky and I get our sporty gear on and ignore numerous ‘What on earth are they doing’ looks as we run out the hotel, find our way down through back alleys to the roads that circle the Forbidden City’s moat. It’s a difficult run, with pedestrian traffic as unpredictable as the road, and along Bei Chang Jie the footpath is being rebuilt with large rectangular slabs of granite. We opt to run on the left side so we are facing the traffic (Chinese drive on the right side of the road), which makes it easier to play chicken with the workmen’s barrows, pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes, cars etc. Along the north side, a large sign faces the moat with one character that I recognise meaning ‘fish’. I
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