Set to start on August 8, 2008, the Beijing Olympics is being billed as “China’s coming out party”

All commerical indicators aside, one of the first signs of the grandeur of this project is the fact that Beijing has undergone a complete makeover.  Out with the old… in with the new.

It is something that while living in the middle of 24/ 7 rebar grinding, cement drilling, and pillar driving construction sights…it is hard to put much to paper.  However, I just found this fantastic 5 part series on Youtube that shows some of the behind the scenes.

While I have not lived in Beijing since SARS passed through town, and we have our own architectural wonders, I thought this series (you will need an hour to watch it) would be a easy way to get bring readers out of their Thanksgiving food comas and back into the real world.

Hope you all enjoy, and if anyone has some up to date pictures of the CCTV town,  please send them along.

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