Sounds and the City presents the aural DNA of major Asian cities using informative narration blended with actual location recordings from each city. Presented as a day in the city, the journey covers each city's art and architecture, history and economy, as well as shopping, dining, and places of interest. This program covers Beijing.Beijing, the capitol of China, is the center of the world's most dynamic economy. A country of over one billion citizens, China will host the 2008 Olympic Games, which both the city and the country see as a coming-out party to the world as the Middle Kingdom opens up and welcomes international attention for 16 days of athletic excellence.
Over the course of a day, points of interest across this great city are visited, from the mythical Forbidden City to the street markets and the nightspots. Learn about "Peking Duck", the final resting place of the "Great Helmsman" Chairman Mao, and the fastest way to get around this metropolis: by bicycle!
Steven Seidenberg, a documentary filmmaker who has captured the essence of Chinese life on film, now captures the variety of Beijing in words. John Burgess, a TV sports commentator who will be in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games, is your narrator. With a masterful blend of authentic sounds from Beijing, Sounds and the City: Beijing brings you on a sonic trip through the land of dynasties and roasted duck.