Countdown for the Olympic Games
February 15th 2007 In certain neighborhoods, Beijing seemed like a massive construction site. This had much to do with the fact that the next Olympic Games took place in Beijing, some 530 days after our visit.
It was hard not to notice this. At some places there were countdown screens showing the remaining time (even in seconds!) before the start of the games.
Though it wasn't possible to visit it -they we
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