Kids-Eye View of Beijing
What is it like to live in China? What's it like to go to the Olympic Games? What's it like to live in a country with billions of people? Now is your chance to find out.
The Dish on David
David is a 12-year-old American kid who lives in Beijing. He's lived in China since he was two, but moved to Beijing about a year ago. David gives us a first-hand view of what it's like to be in Beijing before and during the games.
Quick Q&A
What's the coolest part about living in China? Clothing, food, games, and movies are lot cheaper than in the USA.
What are you most looking forward to when the Olympics come? I've never been to an Olympic event before. So I like checking out the venues and getting to actually watch the events in person.
David outside the "Water Cube" in Beijing.
Which sport is your favorite? I like baseball and tennis, but baseball is my favorite. I am one of three pitchers on my team right now.
Compare Beijing to Suzhou (which is in Jiangsu province, outside of Shanghai and is where David used to live). Beijing is huge. It has a population of 17 million vs. 2 million in Suzhou. it used to take us 30 minutes to get from one side of Suzhou to another. Beijing has bad traffic. In Beijing, we could drive for two hours and still be in Beijing.
Which Olympic events do you have tickets to? Canoeing, tennis, swimming, track & field, and beach volleyball.
Describe the air quality/pollution? Sometimes, it is pretty bad. Recently, the air was so bad that we weren't allowed to go outside for P.E. Other days, we can see blue sky.
Where do you take visitors when they come to Beijing? The Great Wall (it really is big and looong), Forbidden City (where the old emperors used to live), Temple of Heaven ("Tian Tan" in Chinese. This is where the emperor went to pray. There is a copy of this at EPCOT Center in Florida in the China Pavilion), eat Peking duck, eat Chinese dumplings (jiao-zi), shop at Hong Qiao Pearl Market. If they are boys, we would take them go-karting and to the laser tag place.
The Dish on David
David is a 12-year-old American kid who lives in Beijing. He's lived in China since he was two, but moved to Beijing about a year ago. David gives us a first-hand view of what it's like to be in Beijing before and during the games.
Quick Q&A
What's the coolest part about living in China? Clothing, food, games, and movies are lot cheaper than in the USA.
What are you most looking forward to when the Olympics come? I've never been to an Olympic event before. So I like checking out the venues and getting to actually watch the events in person.
David outside the "Water Cube" in Beijing.Which sport is your favorite? I like baseball and tennis, but baseball is my favorite. I am one of three pitchers on my team right now.
Compare Beijing to Suzhou (which is in Jiangsu province, outside of Shanghai and is where David used to live). Beijing is huge. It has a population of 17 million vs. 2 million in Suzhou. it used to take us 30 minutes to get from one side of Suzhou to another. Beijing has bad traffic. In Beijing, we could drive for two hours and still be in Beijing.
Which Olympic events do you have tickets to? Canoeing, tennis, swimming, track & field, and beach volleyball.
Describe the air quality/pollution? Sometimes, it is pretty bad. Recently, the air was so bad that we weren't allowed to go outside for P.E. Other days, we can see blue sky.
Where do you take visitors when they come to Beijing? The Great Wall (it really is big and looong), Forbidden City (where the old emperors used to live), Temple of Heaven ("Tian Tan" in Chinese. This is where the emperor went to pray. There is a copy of this at EPCOT Center in Florida in the China Pavilion), eat Peking duck, eat Chinese dumplings (jiao-zi), shop at Hong Qiao Pearl Market. If they are boys, we would take them go-karting and to the laser tag place.
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