Six-ring highways teaming with traffic, row upon row of high-rise apartments, manicured public gardens with ponds and lotus blossoms, transportation ranged from a rickshaw ride and a luxurious limousine cruise, and cell phones everywhere--- even the migrant workers bicycling to work have cell phones, and even smart phones, and more impressed, unbelievably hospitable local people screaming Hello in Chinese accent---that is Beijing, the capital and financial center of well over 20 million.

Beijing, a city on display an ancient, multi-faceted culture, welcomes decent “laowai”-Chinese endearing term for foreigners.