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Trouble is:
A smoggy day in Beijing town
had me up and it had me down
viewed the games with much alarm
the Birds Nest might loose its charm
How long I wondered would this smog last
but the age of miracles had not passed ....
Suddenly you were standing right there and in old Beijing town the sun was shining shining shining everywhere!!
I was in Beijing back in 1984. My, things were different then. Shops for foreign visitors were called souvenir shops. There were no great shopping centres and the Mao suit (in blue or green) was ubiquitous.
The Forbidden City was mindblowing - the Emperor's Place likewise. We lined up to see the Great Helmsman lying in state. It was great to see something of the old China before the vast changes.
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