Blinking In Red China

After leaving Bangkok on February 23, I stayed for two short nights - a very, very brief stay, even a mere blink - in Beijing. During my one full day, I took a walk from the hostel to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. My prognosis? Good: old palatial complexes. Bad: Starbucks inside the Forbidden City. Ugly: Mao's face, still over the gate to Tiananmen. Otherwise, I would withold much judgement for the brevity of my stay. What I must wonder, though, is how much the sweet Chinese people I met know about what's going on in Tibet. I'm trying to upload pictures, but I'm not being too successful right now.