Beijing round the clock
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-08-08 12:13

02:00

A local 24-hour chain store caters to customers. Night owls in the city are well served with round-the-clock bars, noodle shops or dimsum restaurants.

03:00

Workers laying the road on Olympic Village West Street.

Numbers Games

Beijing has spent 24.36 billion yuan ($3.22b) so far and will spend more this year building or re-laying more than 300 km of roads in the downtown area.

200 km of special Olympic lanes will be used to transport athletes, coaches, journalists and officials to their destinations on time.

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