Only 3 years after the Chinese Central Government allowed citizens to set off celebratory fireworks in the inner 2 Rings of Beijing as part of the New Years' Festival, an even larger fire plagued the Beijing skyline. Part of the highly respected architectural project on Guanghua Lu that grew into the new CCTV Headquarters, the adjoining luxury hotel went up in flames today.
This past summer, I was teaching and living only a block away from the complex and 2 leaning towers, which had become a great source of pride for the Chinese during the Summer Olympics. Every morning I walked down the street and witnessed the construction magic that happened overnight on the Towers. My fellow Putney friend, Tara, decided Beijing must have resident Construction Fairies.
See the article. Many in China may consider this fire to be a bad omen; luckily no one was injured.
This past summer, I was teaching and living only a block away from the complex and 2 leaning towers, which had become a great source of pride for the Chinese during the Summer Olympics. Every morning I walked down the street and witnessed the construction magic that happened overnight on the Towers. My fellow Putney friend, Tara, decided Beijing must have resident Construction Fairies.
See the article. Many in China may consider this fire to be a bad omen; luckily no one was injured.
http://shanghaiist.com/2009/02/09/new_cctv_headquarters_in_beijing_up.php?gallery0Pic=18#gallery
So far, we know that the fireworks set off around the CCTV Headquarter premises were allowed by CCTV.
See what bloggers say about what happened at www.Danwei.org.
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