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...when one is beyond the Great Wall," wrote the Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722), "that the air and soil refresh the spirit." The ruler's words could equally apply to the Red Capital Ranch, tel: (86-10) 8401 8886, a 90-minute drive northeast of Beijing and a favorite getaway for the city's sophisticates. Stepping through the gate reveals a vista considerably more pastoral than the smokestack and skyscraper views normally offered at Chinese hotels: a brook burbles through a thicket that hides 10 detached villas, and the resort is ringed by a Ming-era stretch of the Great Wall...
...when one is beyond the Great Wall," wrote the Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722), "that the air and soil refresh the spirit." The ruler's words could equally apply to the Red Capital Ranch, tel: (86-10) 8401 8886, a 90-minute drive northeast of Beijing and a favorite getaway for the city's sophisticates. Stepping through the gate reveals a vista considerably more pastoral than the smokestack and skyscraper views normally offered at Chinese hotels: a brook burbles through a thicket that hides 10 detached villas, and the resort is ringed by a Ming-era stretch of the Great Wall...
Preliminary soil testing has already begun on the site, generating student complaints of repetitive “pinging” noises throughout the day, starting early in the morning...
Well, it may no longer be a joke. The killer bees, imported from Africa to Brazil for research, escaped in 1957, and their offspring began advancing slowly northward. Last week a killer colony was confirmed for the first time on American soil, in an oil field some 60 miles from Bakersfield, Calif. The bees are believed to have hitched a ride north on drilling equipment shipped from Latin America. The killers are no more venomous than domestic bees, but they are easily provoked and attack in great numbers. They were first reported in California by an oil-field worker...
...they balance atop their heads with hip-swaying confidence as they walk home along potholed paths. The smaller the township, the fewer the amenities. Some communities have only a few electric lights, and none in individual homes. Some have only one outside privy for a row of houses. Night soil is collected by a clanking tractor and trailer. The smoke of coal fires hangs in the air, softening the ugly outlines of the settlements behind a gray-brown veil...