And then there is Beijing

Michael Backman

Chapter Chapter 25 in The Asian Insider, 2004, pp 201-206 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Beijing has long been the poor older brother of Shanghai, concerned with the high-minded pursuits of public service while younger brother Shanghai grubbied itself with commerce and got rich in the process. But Beijing is changing. Being awarded the 2008 Summer Olympics gave the city’s administration the impetus to undertake civil improvements and so now millions are being spent on beautifying and perfecting it. And it’s working. Beijing is becoming beautiful.

Keywords: Taxi Driver; Domestic Tourist; Halal Food; Falun Gong; Summer Olympics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-4039-4840-3_25

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781403948403

DOI: 10.1057/9781403948403_25

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().