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Local Money is RMB(=Ren Min Bi = People’s money). The basic unit is Yuan (meaning disk). One US dollar
is approximately 6.8 yuans. You will certainly need a
small amount of local money, and can exchange US dollar or Euros at the
airport. The rate and surcharge (if any) are the same at every exchange site. Please check the rate
at //www.boc.cn/sourcedb/whpj/enindex.html. For
other currencies you may have to go to a large branch of the bank of
From the airport to the campus of
What to see in Beijing.
Heritages: the Summer Palace, Forbidden
City, the
Temple of Heaven, The Ming Tombs, the Great Wall
Peking Man Site
Zhoukoudian (discovered by a professor of
Modern
Architectures: The National Stadium (Bird’s Nest)
and the
Olympic Park, The
National Theater
Other attractions:
798 Art Zone,
The Capital Museum, Tian-an-men Square
and Qianmen Street
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is a video）
Specially for Foreigner: Hou-hai (bar), Xiu-shui-jie
(shopping).
The Tour of
the Great Wall on June 17. The most popular and convenient
choice is Badaling.
There are two advantages: (i) A highway connects the
campus and Badaling, (ii) on the way one can visit
the Ming Tombs. My plan is to walk from Jinshanling
to Simatai.
It takes about four hours, walking on the old wall built 600 years ago. A large
part of Jinshanling is the original wall. Quite
often one would use hands to support oneself. There is no way out
until you get Simatai. There are other options of hiking. (1) climbing up Simatai as much as you
can (less demanding physically). Simatai has
been rebuilt and is well maintained. There is no danger at all; (2) taking a cable car to Simatai;(3)
start walking from Jinshanling and climb up Simatai (physically demanding).
Transportation within the city. The most convenient way is to take a taxi.
It is cheap (in the Western standard, 2 yuans per kilometer) and safe. You pay exactly
the amount shown in the meter. Do not pay tips. Tips and tax are included in
the price. The night rate (between 23:00pm-6:00 am) is 120% of the regular
price. Be aware that an unlicensed taxi may overcharge you. The plate number of
a licensed taxi begins with B. Alternatively you may take the metro for a
long-haul trip (e.g. to the downtown). However the metro station in the east gate
of the campus will not be operative until October. Although the bus services
can get you to any point and the cost is low (1 yuan per ride), I do not recommend it because
it is slow and very crowded.
Tour in
The Hotel. I have reserved a block of rooms in Shao-Yuan, the guest
house of
Xi Hua Hotel (next to the campus)
Tel: 86-10-62646688, Fax: 86-10-62640522,
Resource Hotel (on the boundary of the
campus) Tel: 86-10-62757199, Fax: 86-10-62750102,
E-mail [email protected]
FuramaXpress
ZhongGuanCun (4 stars) Tel: 8610-58986688
The Lake View Hotel
(5 stars) Tel:82689999 Fax:82689998
Wenjin Hotel (5 stars) Tel: +8610 62525566 Fax: +8610 82621556
Beijing Post&Telecom Conference
Center
Tel: 86-010-62547799 ext 3623; Fax: 86-010-62642402. Accessible by Bus No. 375，320，716，801
Xi-Jiao Hotel (3 stars)
Tel: 86-10-62322288 ext 5608,
Fax: 86-10-62311142, E-mail [email protected]
Restaurants
around the campus. Welcome to the
1.The restaurant in
Building 7 of Shao Yuan (conveniently located and
clean)
2. QuanJuDe
(Peking Duck) strongly recommended, Phone: 82150018
82151015
3. New
Kaiyuan (Zhejian cuisine) Phone
82886001 82886002, West
of the campus
4. Kang Long Prince (
5. Sky
Kitchen (vegetarian) Phone:010-62797078，62780859，89833390
If you need food badly but have a trouble with the Chinese menu,
there are fast food restaurant also available.
6. KFC exit the south-west gate and
cross the street
7. MacDonald, exit the south-west gate and go south all the way
down, near the church.
If you can afford time and money, here are some expensive
restaurants.
8. Ting Li
Guan (Hall of listening to
orioles) in the
9. Fang Shan
(Royal style) in Beihai
10. QuanJuDe in Qianmen (the original
one)
A Church is located in the south of campus, within
walking distance. Hillary
Clinton, on her first trip to
Mobile phone is very popular in
The
Campus was designed by Henry Killam Murphy, a graduate
of Yale. He was also responsible for the campus of Tsinghua University. The
pagoda on the campus was originally built as a water tower in 1920's, funded by
an American donor. This was originally the campus of
Warning
Watch out for
cars! Do not expect cars will stop
for pedestrians even in a Zebra crossing!
Tap water is not supposed to be drinkable!
Toilet paper is usually not provided in a public toilet.