Envisioning Beijing's Future

With the Olympic games just four years away, China's capital city is attempting to physically construct a new world image.

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May 13, 2004, 11:00 AM PDT

By Erin Clark

"You are in a city like no other on earth. Beijing is not the New York of China, nor the London of northeast Asia, nor the Mexico City of the Orient. Within a few years it may resemble the set of Blade Runner or Fritz Lang's Metropolis more than any of those places...some of [the new projects] are designed to alleviate problems that have been building for years, others have been planned especially for the Olympics, but built in the hope that they will contribute to the city's environment long after the athletes and spectators have departed. No matter what the results may be, Beijing in 2008 will be dramatically different from the city we know today."

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