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 What\' s on this week
Tonight: Chinese painting class will move on to Landscape Themes
Wednesday: Join CCC\'s Canal Tour to view beautiful gardens, thrines, etc.
Thursday:
Book Club meeting will discuss the famous Chinese classic ¡°Three Kingdom¡±
Weekend: Cultural and historical architecture trip to Qingdao, famous seaport city
 News and Events in the following week:
Wednesday, July 27
Mr. Wang Jun, Journalist and author of "An Evolutionary History of Beijing City" will talk to CCC members and friends the history and story of Beijing City and the challenge of modernization and conservation. Mr. Wang was just invited by UNESCO Beijing to talk during its "Beijing and Beijing" series of events held in June.
Tuesday, July 26
"Back-Street-Beijing" Walking Tour will repeat one of its popular routes: Xijiekou and Huguosi Area, where the interesting places include two artists¡¯ museum, a hive coal-producing plant, most famous Beijing snack shop and restaurant, and others.
Upcoming trips:
July 30-31 Inner Mongolian Grassland Trip
August 6-9 South China Ancient Water Towns: Wuzhen, Xitang, Suzhou and Hangzhou
August 24-29 Silk Road: Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, etc.
September (10-11or 12) Xi\'an, Yaozhou Ware Town and Farmers\' Painting Village (two options: 2 or 3 days trips)
September 18 Day-trip: CockCrow Post Town
September 21-26 Repeated trip: Silk Road
Click to see details of above trips |
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|  Royal Canal Tour to the Summer Palace
Wednesday, July 20, 9am-1pm | This is a very well-received tour for both visiting tourists and expats. Cruise along the imperial canal in a motorized canopy boat past the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Aquarium and the Purple Bamboo Garden; appreciate the great views en route, and s >>> more
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| Book Club: "Three Kingdoms" (San Guo Yan Yi)
Thursday, July 21, 7:30pm | >>> more
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| Trip to Qingdao (beach and old buildings)
July 22-24, Fri.10pm-Sun.9pm | Joining the August Qingdao Beer Festival has been proven to be unwise by our CCC friends because of the extreme crowding; the festival is just like a Karaoke site and the hotel fees for all of August are tripled. Take Friday night train with CCC >>> more
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| Foot Massage
July 25-Aug.15, Monday, 7:30pm | 4-session of foot massage and reflexology course is conducted in small group with English narration. >>> more
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| Back-Street-Beijing Walking Tour(2):
Tuesday, July 26, 9am-1pm | This is a fascinating walking route to quickly learn the variety of local life and famous artistic figures. This area is known for Huguosi restaurant, most famous traditional Beijing snack shop and restaurant; the People¡¯s Theater (which is now serv >>> more
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| Chinese Hospital and Pharmacy Visit
Thursday, July 27, 1-4:30pm | This is a 3 hour experience of traditional medicine, from attending a brief lesson on TCM, meet various veteran TCM doctors for diagnosis (pulse-feeling), to trying various treatments such as acupuncture, vacuum cupping, moxibustion, massage and ot >>> more
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| Social & Human Talk: "The Evolutionary Record of Beijing City"
Wednesday, July 27, 7:30pm | Wang Jun, journalist and author of "Cheng Ji" (The Evolutionary Record of Beijing City), will share with us his research on the history of Beijing City and the challenge of modernisation and conservation. Wang was invited for a talk and one debate b >>> more
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| Body massage
July 27-Sept.21, every Wednesday, 10am-12 | Basic manipulation techniques on relaxing the muscle and vein, and pressing corresponding acupoints; and treatments on common diseases. The class falls into the following 8 sessions >>> more
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| taichi class
Every Thursday, July 28-Sept.29, 10-11:30am | Taichi (Taichi chuan; or taijiquan) is ancient Chinese meditative exercise for the body, aiming to foster a calm and tranquil mind. It can perhaps be thought of as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. >>> more
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| Tying Chinese Knot( macram¨¦)
Thursday, July 28, 1:30-3pm | Learn to make the auspicious knots (Chinese style macram¨¦) from a CCC folk artists, and work out your own knots (knots, butterfly or lily shoes, and other patterns of crafts), and hang them up on your neck or your handbag >>> more
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| Inner Mongolia Grassland Trip
July 30-31, Sat.6am to Sun.11:20pm | Fly with CCC to Hohhot, visit a renowned Tibetan Buddhist Temple and an interesting Frontier Street, an old street selling arts and crafts and minority goods, and then head to the beautiful (not commercialized) grassland >>> more
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| Tour: Old Wood/New Paint
Sunday, July 31, 9am-1pm | Want to see thousands of pieces of finely refurbished antique Chinese furniture, from opium beds to scholar¡¯s writing tables, in a 5,000 square metres warehouse around 12,000 square metres garden with huge lotus pond?
Join CCC's anqique Chinese >>> more
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2005 July,19 - August,02 
