Monday, August 31, 2009

Beijing's CCTV Tower

I went for a stroll around Beijing CBD area, where during the Ming Dynasty era, this entire area was a deer hunting ground.

I spotted this and took some pictures... CCTV tower (China Central TV) - famous as a tourist site because part of the new building was burnt just right after they completed it. Mandarin Oriental Hotel was also the victim... just completed renovation and about to begin operation.

Here is the picture of the burnt building.


On close up... it was really badly burnt. According to reports, the fire started from a fire cracker. Thats why the entire exterior was badly burnt.


The other block of CCTV tower which was not burnt. Thank God... this is an amazing structure and if this was burnt... really cialat!


This is the China World Trade Center Tower III. The tallest building in Beijing standing at about 330m tall. Cheh... kecimiau... nothing compared to Shanghai World Financial Center aka The Bottle Opener.


I also spotted this at the corner of the street; interpret this as you wish:

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Beauty, do you know what Pekingese call new CCTV Tower --"da kuchai" , that means big Pants , haha.......it is nice.

QQAlice said...

i love that Bohai Bank.. lol

limpeh said...

China Bohai Bank, short form should become CB Bank. right ?

Purple~MushRooM said...

Limpeh... LOL!! Hahaha... I like that! Double meaning!!

limpeh said...

hehehe..CB Bank is the word you wish us to interpret right...hahaha

The Tao said...

nice blog yourself. To answer your question: expat who was born in Beijing.

Elizebeth D.L. said...

The China Bohai Bank... replace the "B" with "S", u get So*ai Bank..

jam said...

Sohai Bank, quite interesting...