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Movin' on up

By Mike Meyer (Trans.)

The following is a list of residential high-rises constructed in the last few years in Beijing. As of March 2004 there were more than 3,500 registered developers in Beijing, and the government is promoting a building campaign under the slogan “Development is the only principle.” Translated from the Chinese by Mike Meyer.

American Rock

Bank Landscape

Bobo House

Boning Park

By Yourself

CEO

Easy Port

European Culture Park

Glamour International

Glory Vogue

Ideal Life

Latte Town

Luxuriant City

Manhattan Garden

Margarita Island

Merlin Champagne Town

Minority Live

Moderate Shangri-La

MoMA

New Fortune Garden

Palm Springs

Paris Station

Park Avenue

Pink Box ER

Shining Book

SoHo

Sun City

Top Aristocrat

Upper East Side

Vitality Building

Warm Homeland

Wonderful Digital Jungle

Younghot

Youth Town

Yuppie International Garden



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