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 * [[image:2145590592_bea729e119_m.jpg]] || Hi this is Hannah and Lizzy and our topic was a description of Beijing.

Hannah: China’s capital is Beijing. Beijing was China’s capital during the Liao, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. The 2008 summer Olympics will be held here in the stadium you see here. The city has 17 million people. In total there are 16,800 square miles. Their motto is “One country, two systems.” The two government systems are communism and capitalism. The leader of the communist party is Hu Jintao. Hu didn’t rule from the Forbidden City ,however, which leads us to our next slide. || Lizzy: The oriental cypress is the city’s official tree. The cypress represents courage, strength,and the Chinese peoples' hardworking nature. The city’s flowers are the Chinese rose and the chrysanthemum. What is your favorite part of Beijing? ||
 * [[image:178234902_1c48cac83f.jpg width="289" height="430"]] || Lizzy: The Forbidden City is a series of buildings inside one wall. It is more like a big palace for Chinese rulers. In fact, it is the world’s largest palace. 24 rulers from the Ming and Qing dynasties have lived and ruled from thos imperial palace. Today the Forbidden Palace is called the Palace Museum and holds artifacts from the Shang dynasty to the Qing dynasty. Beijing has many other historical sites like the Great Wall of China, the Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heaven. ||
 * [[image:494003749_fb8176f675.jpg width="336" height="238"]] || Hannah: Beijing is a beautiful city especially at night. Beijing’s climate is hot and rainy in summer and cold and dry in winter. Autumn is the best season because the sky is blue, the air is crisp, mild, and humid. In the spring, it is warm but still very windy. In the fall it is chilly and rains quite often.