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	Olympics Imperil Historic Beijing Neighborhood - New York Times
		Qianmen is not a site for an Olympic venue but is a piece of the continuing citywide construction boom and slum clearance that have accelerated to prepare for the Games.
		Qianmen was one of the last intact hutongs, home to teachers, shop owners, migrant workers and other working-class people.
		Jin Yan, a deputy director in the construction office of the Beijing Olympic Committee, said that Qianmen was not an official Olympic project and that it fell outside his purview.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/07/12/world/asia/12beijing.html?ex=1310356800&en=f1a73c6942d9543c&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (834 words)

	Qianmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Qianmen (Simplified Chinese: 前门; Traditional Chinese: 前門; pinyin: Qiánmén; literally "Front Gate") is the common name for the gateway known formally as Zhengyangmen (Simplified Chinese: 正阳门; Traditional Chinese: 正陽門; pinyin: Zhèngyángmén; Manchu: Tob šun i duka).
		Behind (that is, to the North of) the Qianmen once stood the Gate of China, followed by the present Tiananmen, and the Meridian Gate, which is the front entrance to the Forbidden City.
		Because of its grandeur and unique design, the Qianmen was long seen as the symbol of old Beijing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qianmen (291 words)

	Beijing Qianmen Hotel
		Qianmen Hotel.strikingly elegant and set at the very heart of BEIJING the commercial and business centre of the city.
		QIANMEN HOTEL range of 410 rooms and suites, all the rooms and suites have been newly decorated.
		QIANMEN HOTEL also boasts first class banqueting and conference facilities, and a fully equipped business and shopping centre for the traveling executive.
	www.cbw.com /hotel/qianmen (317 words)

	Chinese Architecture: Qianmen Gate
		Qianmen is the modern name for the gate south of the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.
		Originally named Zhengyangmen (The Gate of Straight Positivity), the gate lies on the same north-south axis as the imperial path through the Forbidden City, and it was the route the emperor took when he went to Tiantan (The Altar of Heaven), in the outer city, to make offerings.
		This arrangement made the gates easy to defend: An enemy trying to breach the gate would be surrounded by high walls and be under a constant barrage of arrow fire.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /beijing/QIANMEN.htm (200 words)

	Beijing's Qianmen Area -- Time is Running Out
		A snack craze is going on in the Qianmen area, one of the best known traditions of old Beijing, which has survived for centuries.
		A comprehensive renovation plan for the Qianmen's eastern blocks, in discussion since 2004, was finalized at the end of last year.
		A total of more than 80 laozihaos in the Qianmen area will be removed and it's estimated only about a third of them will be able to return and resume business when the work is completed.
	www.china.org.cn /english/Life/160306.htm (567 words)

	Old Beijing worries about the 2008 games - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
		Qianmen is not a site for Olympic events but is a piece of the citywide construction boom and slum clearance that has accelerated to prepare for the Games.
		Qianmen had been one of the last intact neighborhoods, a place that teachers, shop owners, migrant workers and other working-class people called home.
		Xie Chensheng, 85, a nationally known preservationist who signed the petition, said demolition was so rampant in the city that he and other scholars wrote a letter to President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in 2004 warning about the destruction of the ancient city.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/07/11/news/beijing.php (1218 words)

	Imagethief : Qianmen and Xianyukou Alley Get the Chai
		This stroll encompasses several of Beijing's different neighborhoods and moods, and I often use it to introduce central Beijing to out-of-town visitors who are not afraid to walk for a few hours.
		After the sterile expanse of Tian'anmen Square, the commercial riot of Qianmen Dajie is a nice change of pace.
		A little ways down Qianmen Dajie, south of the semicircular road, is Xianyukou, a ramshackle market-alley that cuts through the hutongs and hosts a spectacularly colorful array of provisioners, beauty parlors, butchers, guesthouses and hole-in-the-wall restaurants.
	news.imagethief.com /blogs/china/archive/2005/11/06/5022.aspx (1245 words)

	Qianmen Jianguo Hotel in Beijing at Exclusive Rates - DirectRooms
		The Qianmen Hotel, Beijing is in the heart of Beijing commercial and business centre, nearby Tiananmen Square is only 10 minutes walk away.
		The Liulichang and Qianmen Street is within walking distance, in the business area of the hotel.
		The Qianmen Hotel provided modern amenities of rooms with Asian and European stylish.
	directrooms.com /china/hotels/qianmen-jianguo-hotel-beijing-1044.htm (197 words)

	Jianguo Qianmen Hotel - Beijing Hotels - China hotels accommodation
		Jianguo Hotel Qianmen, Beijing is a good choice when staying in Beijing as it is close to everything that the city has to offer and makes for a good 'home away from home.
		Jianguo Hotel Qianmen, Beijing is strategically located in the city centre on second ring road.
		The Jianguo Hotel Qianmen is 3km from Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City, 35km from the Beijing Capital Airport and 3km from Beijing Railway Station.
	www.yourrooms.com /china_hotels/beijing/hotels/jianguo_qianmen.htm (206 words)

	Wrecking frenzy in Beijing's alleys - World - theage.com.au
		Hutong resident Mrs Yang faces eviction from the Qianmen district of Beijing.
		In the shadow of the magnificent five-century-old Qianmen Gate, on the southern edge of Tiananmen Square, lies one of Beijing's most historic "hutong" neighbourhoods.
		Qianmen became notorious as the red-light and entertainment district where court officials would mingle with commoners before slipping back into the walled city through Qianmen Gate, the only one of the city's then eight gates that would open after hours.
	www.theage.com.au /news/world/wrecking-frenzy-in-beijings-alleys/2006/05/26/1148524888560.html (729 words)

	Jianguo Qianmen Hotel Beijing : Beijing : China - Hotels Guide by BootsnAll
		Located in the very heart of Beijing's commercial and business centre, Jianguo Qianmen Hotel is placed only 5 kilometres from the railway station and 35 kilometres from the Capital Airport.
		The hotel is also close to many scenic spots such as Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven.
		The Jianguo Qianmen Hotel offers 407 spacious, well appointed and beautifully set-up guestrooms, which are fully equipped with modern amenities.
	www.bootsnall.com /hotels/h/20349/Jianguo-Qianmen-Hotel-Beijing (212 words)

	Underground City, Beijing (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Our tourist guide took us to Qianmen where we entered a relatively quiet street with an ordinary shop carrying the signs "Underground City" in both Chinese and English.
		The end point of the tour was a silk factory making quilts and a commentary on the double cocoon silk.
		For those interested to see part of the Underground City, the address is 62 West Damochang Street, Qianmen, Tel.
	www.chinapage.com /friend/goh/beijing/underground/underground.html (512 words)

	Qianmen, China. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Before the city's walls were demolished, this sector controlled the entrance to the Inner City from the outer, suburban sector.
		The gate marks a major intersection on the public transport network: as well as a subway stop, a bus terminus here provides connections to the southern districts and tourist buses also leave from here to attractions outside the city, including the Great Wall at Badaling and Shisan Ling.
		More authentic is the hustle of cramped Dazhalan Lu, one of the oldest and most interesting of the Qianmen lanes, opposite the Qianmen Roast Duck restaurant on the east side of the road, its entrance marked by a white arch.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/china/qianmen (643 words)

	Qianmen Jianguo -$65 - Beijing Travel, Beijing Tour, China Tour
		Beijing Qianmen Jianguo Hotel situates conveniently close to scenic spots such as the Tiananmen Square, and the Temple of Heaven.
		Qianmen Jianguo Hotel range of 410 rooms and suites, all the rooms and suites have been newly decorated.
		All rooms and suites have independent air-conditioning control and graciously appointed with colour television, a refrigerator, a radio and in-house sound system, there is a telephone at your beside, and all rooms have a private bathroom with telephone extension.
	www.tour-beijing.com /include/shownews.php?news_id=1317 (319 words)

	The Standard - Beijing loses soul to wrecking ball - China Section
		Hundreds more courtyard homes on the east side of Qianmen, whose history stretches back 700 years through the Ming and Qing dynasties, will also be bulldozed to make way for an eastern access road.
		In the Dazhalan section of Qianmen, the population density is about 44,000 people per square kilometer, one of the highest in the city, according to the renovation plan.
		The area is a maze of small alleyways and lanes and is where Beijing Opera and Chinese acrobatics were born and where culinary specialities like Beijing (Peking) Duck, Beijing pickled vegetables and dumplings became famous.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/China/GD29Ad05.html (981 words)

	Beijing Wonders
		Tian'anmen square is an excellent place for people watching and is a great location for a wide-angle photo of the Forbidden City or any of the monuments.
		means “front gate,” and the Qianmen area is named for the front gate of the old walled city of Beijing, which was left standing after the walls themselves were demolished.
		Not only was Qianmen the red-light district during the Ming Dynasty, it also served as the route for the emperor’s yearly procession from the Forbidden City to the Temple of Heaven to pray for a good harvest.
	www.angelfire.com /jazz/ee22/beijing_wonders.htm (326 words)

	Quanjude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Their branches in the nation's capital and political center are relatively large scaled in nature such as the seven storey Quanjude on Hepingmen Ave., a location that was hand-picked by former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai himself.
		Yang Renquan opened his first, small Dejuquan (reversed the name of the restaurant) inside Yangrou Hutong in Qianmen, which at the time was one of the busiest areas in Beijing.
		His restaurant became an instant success and has since grown into the current branch in Qianmen that employs over 400 staffs and can occupy 900 guests at one time, among many other Quanjude branches to form one of the largest food enterprises in the nation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quanjude (608 words)

	Qianmen Plans Minding History
		Sources with the Beijing Municipal Development Planning Commission confirmed yesterday that the renovation, expected to start later this year, will make it a priority to maintain the area's well-known cultural heritage of quadrangles, lanes and the ancient retail center of Dazhalan.
		The final design plan for Qianmen district's renovations is expected to be available before September.
		Of the registered 35,000 rooms in the Qianmen district, none is "complete and suitable for human dwelling" in the strict sense.
	www.china.org.cn /english/culture/39992.htm (348 words)

	Beijing 365 Inn (qianmen),beijing,China - Asia Travel China Hotels Reservation
		Beijing 365 Inn (Qianmen) is backpackers warm home in Beijing.
		Friendly, helpful, clean, safe, comfortable and cheap is their service purpose.
		Transportation: Only 5 to 10 minute’s walk to Bus Station and Subway Station where you can take buses and subways to anywhere you want to go in Beijing.
	www.asiatravel.com /china/beijing/365qianmen/index.html (288 words)

	Qianmen Jianguo Hotel,Beijing Hotels,Qianmen Jianguo Hotel Beijing China Hotel Booking
		Qianmen Jianguo Hotel, starting its business in 1956, redecorated in 2001, is located on the business center of Beijing.The Hotel has good traffic network, which is just 1KM from the Temple of Heaven and 2.5 kilometers from the Tian'anmen Square.
		The Hotel has 407 spacious and well-appointed suites with free online services, 11 Chinese and Western-style dining rooms and banqueting halls, different standard meeting rooms and multi-purpose halls and different kinds of recreation facilities, especially Liyuan Theatre where far-famed Peking Opera-one of China's quintessence - is offered at 19:30 p.m.
		The hotel restaurant has deservedly won many awards for its outstanding cuisine.Guests can also hire bikes from the hotel, which is a particularly enjoyable way to see the city.
	www.chinahotels.net /beijing/qianmen-jianguo-hotel.html (688 words)

	Jianguo Hotel Qianmen - Beijing Hotels - China Hotel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Jianguo Hotel Qianmen (Qianmen jianguo fandian) is strategically located in the city center near to the 2nd ring road
		The Qianmen Jianguo is a hotel of three star facilities with 403 rooms that range from standard singles to large suites.
		No part of this website should be used without priror consent of the owner of this website.
	www.china-hotel-guide.com /beijing/jianguo-hotel-qianmen.htm (190 words)

	Jianguo Hotel Qianmen, Beijing-Beijing Hotels-China Hotel Reservation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Qianmen Jianguo Hotel, starting its business in 1956, is located on the business center of Beijing.
		The hotel neighbors Qianmen Commercial Street in the east, and Niujie, or Ox Street Mosque-one Moslem bethel in the west.
		The Liyuan Theatre is the first place for art co-run by Beijing Qianmen Jianguo Hotel and Peking Opera Theatre.
	www.achinatravel.com /hotel/bj-jianguo-hotel-qianmen-beijing.asp (659 words)

	Jianguo Qianmen Hotel Beijing
		Jianguo Hotel Qianmen Beijing is a 4 star standard hotel which is 2km from Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City, 35km from the Beijing Capital Airport and 3km from Beijing Railway Station.
		Jianguo Hotel Qianmen Beijing has different standard meeting rooms and multi-purpose halls to suit smaller events or gatherings of up to 240 guests.
		Jianguo Hotel Qianmen Beijing offers 11 Chinese and Western-style dining rooms and banqueting halls.The qualified chief can present food of the Sichuan, Huaiyang and Shandong provinces as well as excellent Western food.
	www.chinatravelkey.com /beijing/3-hotel/qianmen.htm (344 words)

	Beijing Guantong Hotel: Beijing Backpacker's Hotel by Tiananmen and Qianmen
		Beijing Guantong Modern Hotel is located in Qianmen and Zhushikou, the prosperous business and tourism place.
		The Qianmen area is famous for Beijing's oldest stores, restaurants and culture.
		Qianmen is the best place to get cheap souvenirs.
	greatwalladventure.com /Beijing-Guantong.htm (414 words)

	Beijing hotels : Jianguo Qianmen Hotel Beijing, Beijing, China. Hotel description, reviews, deals from asiahotels.com
		Located in the very heart of Beijing's commercial and business centre, Jianguo Qianmen Hotel is placed only 5 kilometres from the railway station and 35 kilometres from the Capital Airport.
		The hotel is also close to many scenic spots such as Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven.
		The Jianguo Qianmen Hotel offers 407 spacious, well appointed and beautifully set-up guestrooms, which are fully equipped with modern amenities.
	www.asiahotels.com /hotelinfo/Jianguo_Qianmen_Hotel_Beijing (267 words)

	Subterranea of China: Beijing's Underground City
		Beijing Qianmen Carpet Factory, 44 Xingfu Dajie, Chongwen District, Qianmen, Tel: 6701-5079.
		A few of them are officially opened to tourists, others are used as low priced hostels, have been transformed into shopping and business centers, or theaters, the rest is shut off for safety reasons.
		The most commonly visited location is accessed via a small shop front in Qianmen, south of Tiananmen.
	www.showcaves.com /english/cn/misc/UndergroundCity.html (236 words)

	Tiananmen Square (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Zhengyangmen or Qianmen (Front Gate) was the center gate in the south side of the old Beijing city wall.
		When the city wall was torn down, two buildings that had been parts of the gate complex, one directly to the south of the other, were preserved.
		The southernmost of the two buildings that were parts of the Qianmen gate complex, viewed from the northeast.
	www.clemson.edu /caah/history/facultypages/EdMoise/ch02tia.html (293 words)

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