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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Scocca, Tom.     Subjects     Scocca, Tom -- Travel -- China -- Beijing.     Scocca, Tom -- Homes and haunts -- China -- Beijing.     City and town life -- China -- Beijing.     Americans -- China -- Beijing -- Biography.     Beijing (China) -- Description and travel.     Beijing (China) -- Social life and customs.     Beijing (China) -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Scocca, Tom.       by title:      Beijing welcomes you...       by call number:      915.1156 S421b     Search the Web     Scocca, Tom.     Scocca, Tom -- Travel -- China -- Beijing.     Scocca, Tom -- Homes and haunts -- China -- Beijing.     City and town life -- China -- Beijing.     Americans -- China -- Beijing -- Biography.     Beijing (China) -- Description and travel.     Beijing (China) -- Social life and customs.     Beijing (China) -- Biography.       MARC Display

Beijing welcomes you : unveiling the capital city of the future / Tom Scocca. by Scocca, Tom. Riverhead Books, c2011. Call #: 915.1156 S421b Subjects Scocca, Tom -- Travel -- China -- Beijing.   Scocca, Tom -- Homes and haunts -- China -- Beijing.   City and town life -- China -- Beijing.   Americans -- China -- Beijing -- Biography.   Beijing (China) -- Description and travel.   Beijing (China) -- Social life and customs.   Beijing (China) -- Biography. ISBN:  9781594487842 (hc.) 1594487847 (hc.) Description:  370 p. : maps ; 24 cm. Notes:  "Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso. Contents:  Capital. Walls -- Alley -- Tear down -- Fog. Authorities -- Fuwa -- Weather -- Good luck. Birth -- Permit -- Get ready -- Welcome. Inside -- Progress -- Clear sky -- Fireworks. New year -- Opposition -- Forest -- Go, China!. Arise -- Public security -- Cheerleaders -- Countdown. Scorpions -- Tidy up -- 8/8 -- Opened. Competition -- Gold medals -- The artist -- Triumph. Achilles -- One world -- Public relations -- Going home. Liftoff -- On the road -- Memory. Summary:  A portrait of contemporary Beijing evaluates its role as a defining city in a China that has become an ascendant global power, drawing on the author's visit to the region prior to the 2008 Olympics, where he interviewed scientists, developers, and policyplanners charged with transforming the city. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 915.1156 S421b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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