Boutique Hotel by the Great Wall


	Boutique Hotel by the Great Wall
syncopath
11-21-2008 1:41 PM
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"Modern-day China - its architecture, its quickened cultural pulse - is defined by such mixed messages, a sign that the country's ambition to create a unique capitalism "with Chinese characteristics" may be realised. One part bird's nest, to one part brave new world."
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