Beijing - June 1998

	Under our 1995 bilateral agreement with the Chinese on enforcement of intellectual property rights, the U.S. engages in regular consultations with the Chinese side several times a year. These pictures are from our most recent trip, in June 1998.
		Here I am with Chairman Mao. This statue faces a twin across the intersection. Both are part of a university campus that we passed on the way back from our first round of consultations.
	I'm told that much of old Peking looked like this, with low one- and two-story buildings and narrow alleyways. There's still a lot of this left, but it's rapidly being destroyed to make way for new construction.
		Here's another old neighborhood in the process of being razed.
	Building the new Beijing: Construction cranes are a familiar sight all over the city.

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Last updated: 08/03/98