Beijing: Vital Details You CANNOT Overlook! ❗❗
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Where can I find delicious Peking duck?
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I tried a place highly recommended by locals: Liqun Roast Duck.
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How can one get into Tsinghua or Peking University (as a visitor)?
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From my own experience, you need to go through scalpers. I paid to get in.
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Arriving in Beijing at 2 AM on April 12th? Wow, that's intense! Oh, and about that Beijing Douzhi (fermented mung bean milk) – just buy a bottle, and you can all have a good puke together, hahaha... That's hilarious!
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Where is that 'wealth-scattering stone' located? I want to make sure I steer clear of it!
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It's in the Summer Palace. You'll spot it as soon as you enter; it's huge!!!
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May I ask which hotel you stayed at?
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It was located outside the 2nd Ring Road but inside the 3rd, roughly in the 8 o'clock direction from Tiananmen Square. My private guide recommended the Jingman Zhilv Hotel. The price was around 200+ RMB, which is average, but it was decent enough.
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I couldn't get a reservation for the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. Is it possible to get one on-site?
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You absolutely must book online!! If you can't manage it yourself and don't have any connections, you can ask a tour group to arrange it for you, but you'll likely have to pay extra for a scalper's ticket through them.
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What is point 4 about?
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There's a 5D movie inside that supposedly recreates the history of the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan). However, its content didn't even dare to directly depict the events of the Eight-Nation Alliance. As someone patriotic, I was left speechless and very disappointed. Definitely a thumbs down!