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Copyright © 2011 by Tom Scocca
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 
Scocca, Tom.
Beijing welcomes you : unveiling the capital city of the future / Tom Scocca.
p. cm.
ISBN : 978-1-101-48650-4
1. Beijing (China)—Description and travel. 2. Beijing (China)—Social life and customs. 3. City and town
life—China—Beijing. 4. Scocca, Tom—Travel—China—Beijing. 5. Scocca, Tom—Homes and haunts—
China—Beijing. 6. Americans—China—Beijing—Biography. 7. Beijing (China)—Biography. I. Title.
DS795.S
951’.15606092—dc22
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