Several weeks ago, I came back from Beijing. Apparently I'm a tourist; however, I'm a local citizen in fact. I behaved like local people. For example, I went to KTV with my friends. I took buses and rode a bicycle there. I also ate lunch in the student restaurants and played basketball with them. "Seeing is believing", as a proverb said. I took two weeks to "see" their lifestyle and wrote down this article.
First of all, I have to say that Beijing is better than what I imagined. Of course every city has its deficiency. The drawback of Beijing is the human quality and morality. There are too many people lived and worked in Beijing. How can you ensure all of them are high-educated? Thus, the dirty and impoliteness are what we can guess. Luckily we still have clean roads to walk. Maybe the government set some policies to keep clean for the sake of Olympic Games. Also, my friend told me the real Beijing people are very friendly and kind. It is the floating population that is damaging Beijing citizen's reputation.
Secondly, the traffic jam is too serious. Many people and I can't tolerate the waste of time. But it's the truth. Beijing is too large and has so many cars on the street. When you drive a car in the rush hour, you may feel very frustrated and impatient. People and cars are everywhere. Even you exert yourself to sound your horn, no car will move along. Based on the situation, the local government decreases the bus fair to 0.4RMB(equal to 1.6 NTD), in order to encourage people to take public transportation. On August, the government compelled drivers who have odd-number license plates to take buses. Only the cars with even number license plates can be shown on the street. Then, Beijing traffic became very smooth without deadly air pollution. The living standard became much better than before, said my local friend.
Besides some setbacks of Beijing city, I still like the place because there is a variety of food from other provinces. You can taste many different snacks and drinkings. If you have free time, you can also travel around downtown and visit historical buildings. The forbidden city and summer palace are good choices for tourists. The grand Ching dynasty is lively displayed in front of you. There are many beautiful photos on my album so far. Why don't you start to surf them?
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