Unless you’ve been in some kind of isolated, underground cave for the past two weeks, you’re aware that the Olympics are currently taking place in Beijing, China. You’ll also recall that I had a chance to be there and do a lot of tourism there on a school trip two and a half months ago. So last week, when The Daily Show sent one of its correspondents to Beijing, it was quite interesting to watch and see some of the sights through their cameras that I was able to see through my own eyes. This is a cleverly funny clip that gives a rather, um, interesting tour through this interesting city.

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All right everyone, better get your Little Red Books out and handy because I’m off to China!!!

Uhh, say what?

Well, here’s the idea. My school’s band, choir, and orchestra (with me being a member of the latter of those three) has been invited to tour and perform in Beijing, China ahead of the 2008 Olympics (which seem to be on the news constantly these days, and not for good reasons). We were also originally going to spend a few days in Xi’an, but that canceled a week or so ago due to the recent earthquake and the declining political situation in that region. However, as it is, the trip will be an 11 day/9 night stay in Beijing (with one day lost up in an airplane or two), with a couple of concerts and a hopefully-not-too-overwhelming amount of sightseeing. But before I share my itinerary, how about a little peek at everything that I’ve gone through ahead of this trip, eh?
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