Word: jie
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...Xiao Mei Zi, a forceful preschooler on Zhima Jie, China WHAT Encouraging girl power and self-esteem MIGHT SAY I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want...
...became a foreign concession in 1860, and its pedestrian-friendly streets are lined by former consulates and trading offices that lend an aura of faded grandeur. If most of Guangzhou marches at triple time, gentrified Shamian ambles, stopping at bright, breezy caf? like Lucy's at 5 Shamian Nan Jie, tel: (86-20) 8187-4106, and the Rose Garden at 2 Shamian Nan Jie, tel: (86-20) 8192-2808, that linger on the edge of the Pearl River, beneath suspiciously green trees...
...example, the old Anglican Church?across from the White Swan Hotel?languished as a warehouse for years after the Cultural Revolution; it has since reopened and resumed religious services. Walk east along Shamian Nan Jie about 200 m, past the old Butterfield & Swire offices?the Jardine Matheson godowns were up the street to your left?and you're at the former British consulate, built in 1865. Retirees often practice Cantonese opera in the park across the street...
Past the park and tennis courts is the French section. Turn left on Shamian Yi Jie to check out the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Or go straight until you see the Trees Caf?, built on the site of the old French Gardens, across the street from the former consulate. For diversions, souvenir shops and caf?s abound, as well as a new furniture exhibition hall. It's also worth noting that there are several decent hotels on Shamian?so unlike in bygone times, you won't have to go to war to stay there...
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