Our flight from Osaka's impressive Kansai Airport landed us at the architecturally stunning, brand new Beijing Airport designed by Norman Foster (reckoned to be the largest construction project on Earth). We ran the gauntlet of taxi drivers vyeing for our custom, having given up trying to fathom the transfer by bus and could not take the subway link into the city, because construction work is not yet complete. Driving in China reminded us of similar experiences in India - possession of road space is everything, irrespective of where it is and whether or not it should be your space. After about 45minutes we were delivered to our hotel only a 10 minute walk east of Tian'anmen Square. Feeling brave on our first fternoon, we took the subway (2Yuan / 15p per ride, however far you travel)
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