CONTENTS

Capital Talk

	“Meet in Beijing” for daily open-air and live performances
	Tiananmen theater under way
	Top photographers shoot city
	Heineken Beat show has genuinely exciting line-up
	Mayor meets French

Life&Times

Out&About

	Shunyi District in focus
	Beijing Sportlight
	Flowers across the capital
	Bi-lingual guide for spring outings

City Beat

What’s Hot
	From wireless thingies on models to little model people on wires
Shopping
	Shopping: Spring shoes, shirts and sports duds
	Beijing in My Focus: Win a brilliant BTM bag with your brilliant snap
Wining&Dining:
	Fresh air and fresher fish
Hotel Bulletin Board:
	Highlights of hotels” promotions in May
House&Home:
	Villas look comfortable at Capital Paradise
What’s On:
	Where to go and what to do

Good Morning, Beijing

Dusty wind calms to gentle breeze. Heat returns to the city. The first rays of pure sunshine emerge and crazy and contented Beijingers are up early to savor the morning air.

Singly or in groups, young or old, they exercise freeform nameless calisthenics or fluid tai qi.

In modernized Jianguomen and Dongsishitiao, along the sidewalks near the subway station, new modern facilities offer residents opportunities to exercise in scientific and efficient fashion and the new recreation areas teem with traditional life.

Facilities will be built in Chaoyangmen, Dongzhimen and Beixinqiao soon.

Caption:

1. Turning a wheel limbers up the waist.

2. Space walk.

3. Table tennis.

4. Jumping boards makes legs stronger.

5. Stretching legs on the way to the morning vegetable market.

6. “Waist bending machine”.

7. Xia yao qi: Once you can do it, it’s good for the whole body.

8. Young people love rope climbing.

9. An informal contest on the horizontal bars.