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Beijing - description of China’s capital city Websites- Picture sites- Picture one (The Forbidden city) Picture two (The Great Wall of China) Picture three ( Beijing at night time) Picture four (Beijing Olympic Stadium) Picture five(Tourists Map of central Beijing) Voice Thread 
 * 1) "Beijing." __2008 Beijing Olympic Games__. 2008. China.Org.Cn. 22 Apr. 2008 <[|http://www.china.org.cn/olympics/host_cities/node_1211380.htm>.]
 * 2) "Welcome to Beijing." __Beijing 2008__. 2008. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 23 Apr. 2008 <[|http://en.beijing2008.cn/spectators/beijing/n214096262.shtml>.]
 * 1) [|http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_raw_lin_son/178234902/] dwrawlinson
 * 2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/keso/494003749/ keso's photostream
 * 3) http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_hintsa/2145590592/ matt.hintsa's photostream
 * 4) [|http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleduc/2360314720/.] Pilaar39
 * 5) http://www.flickr.com/photos/webel/63859030/ Steve Webel's photostream
 * The Capital of China is Beijing.
 * This is where the 2008 summer Olympics will be held.
 * There are 17 million people living in Beijing. In total
 * In total there are 16,800 square miles.
 * Beijing 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.
 * The oriental cypress is the city official tree. The city flower is the Chinese rose and the chrysanthemum.
 * The cypress represents courage and strength. Also their hardworking nature.
 * The Forbidden city was the Chinese imperial palace, and it held 24 rulers from the Ming and Qing dynasties. There they lived and ruled.
 * Today, the Forbidden Palace is called the palace museum and holds artifacts from the Shang dynasty through the Qing dynasty.
 * The Forbidden city is the worlds largest palace.
 * Beijing was the capital city during the Liao,Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.
 * Other sites there are part of the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heaven.