Since July 13, 2001, more and more people call Beijing by its official name rather than Peking. This was the date when the IOC announced that the Chinese capital would host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Paralympics. Hosting the Olympic Games is a chance which generally comes only once in a city’s history and is a very important opportunity to make the city attractive for tourists. During this 17-day event, more than 300 events will be held in 28 different sports in 37 venues. Only 25 [...]
This Asian global city is attractive for many outlandish, who often settle down here after they come to the city during a vacation. As much as 95% of the population is of Chinese descent. The remaining 5% may sound few, but out of the 7 million residents of Hong Kong is quite a large number. Most of the non-Chinese residents are Indians, Pakistanis, Filipinos, but a significant number of Americans, Canadians, Australians and Europeans live and work here. Beside Chinese, English is an official [...]