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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     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...         MARC Display

Beijing welcomes you : unveiling the capital city of the future / Tom Scocca. by Scocca, Tom. New York : Riverhead Books, 2011. 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 : 1594487847 Description:  370 p. : maps ; 24 cm. 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 951.15606 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.15606 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waipahu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 951.15606 Sc Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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