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Beijing Scene, Volume 5, Issue 15, July 2 - July 8

Go North
An overnight train ride north brings you to the anti-Beijing: the roomy, fresh-air country of Mongolia.

In Short: July 2 - July 8, 1999
Masters of War, Bull Market, Private Education, Sun To Blame For Ozone Hole and China Eyes Securities Crime.

Comrade Language: on the road
Whether youıre a foreign devil or dignitary, whether you live in China or youıre just passing through, youıre bound to come in contact with one or more of the modes of transportation described in this weekıs column.

Best Bite: Chaophya Thai and Burma Restaurant
Burmese food? Thai food? Golden Triangle cuisine by any other name is just as tasty.

Film Scene: That Thing You Fu!
Beijing-born and trained martial arts magician Jet Li has all the right moves in the action-packed Black Mask.

Ask Ayi: Sticks & RIce also Gunky kettle's
I made a big faux pas at my girlfriendıs motherıs dinner party, but I have no idea what it was... Also, whatıs the deal with the white gunk at the bottom of my kettle?

FYI: Pawn shops
You can buy anything you can imagine, and sell everything but your soul in the following hock shops.

Yanghunzi vs. Shudaizi
Comics.

Zhao Le: July 2 - July 8, 1999
Beijing’s best daily entertainment guide.

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