{"id":1392,"date":"2017-07-22T02:52:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T00:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/?page_id=1392"},"modified":"2017-11-18T13:42:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T11:42:28","slug":"wangfujing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/2015-2\/china-june\/beijing\/wangfujing","title":{"rendered":"Wangfujing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are generally polite and helpful. But nearly no one speaks English. It would be helpful if you can speak some basic Chinese (evening class?) when you intend to move around here on you own for a longer period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0055-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1379 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0055-1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0055-1-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0055-1-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0055-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0055-1-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWangfujing bookstore<\/p>\n<p>G**gle and other none Chinese information sources in foreign languagues about China are officially blocked. It is an open secret known by any expat you meet around here how to bypass it. In two gigant bookstores for foreign \/ English languages in Wangfujing, one of the main shopping mall in central Beijing close to The Forbidden City, there are travel guides for any country in the world but not for China itself (Lonely Planets, Insights, etc.)! So bring your own guide book and install VPN in advance before you enter the country. It makes things much easier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0056.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1380 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0056-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0056-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0056-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0056-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0056-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWangfujing: Trade activity has been in this market since the middle of the Ming dynasty (1368 \u2013 1644)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0058.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1381 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0058-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0058-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0058-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0058-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0058-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWriggling scorpions on the stick, awaiting to be fried. As snacks on the go<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0060.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1382 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0060-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0060-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0060-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0060-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0060-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd other delicatessen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0065.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1383 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sub.praxis-duong.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0065-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0065-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0065-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0065-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC_0065-1200x798.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFat and crispy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/2015-2\/china-june\/beijing\/houhai-see\">Previous page<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/2015-2\/china-june\/tianmen-platz-und-die-verbotene-stadt\">Next page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are generally polite and helpful. But nearly no one speaks English. It would be helpful if you can speak some basic Chinese (evening class?) when you intend to move around here on you own for a longer period. Wangfujing bookstore G**gle and other none Chinese information sources in foreign languagues about China are officially &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/2015-2\/china-june\/beijing\/wangfujing\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wangfujing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1299,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1392","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"gb","enabled_languages":["de","gb"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"gb":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2783,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392\/revisions\/2783"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ktdtravel.net\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}