Sitting area within our comfortable executive suite room in Traders Hotel

Day 23 (2 August) A quiet Shabbat in Beijing + BONUS

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August 2nd 2014
The sabbath morning service at Chabad in the 'upper east side' of Beijing started at 11am which is late by any standards. However, the service was over before 12:30. Now for those familiar with Shabbat shacharit services you will know that you can expect at least 2 hours if not 2.5 to 3 hours - so you can see it was quite speedy. Fortunately our suite in the Traders Upper East hotel allowed us ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more