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Ain't No Party Like a Beijing Party

By John Newlin on
A pole dancer performs inside one of the clubs at Beijing's Sanlitun night club district, which is packed with foreigners in town to enjoy the Olympics, on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. The well known Sanlitun area has been cleaned up prior to the Olympic games and thrives with young people looking for a party.

They say that the only way to truly know a culture is immerse yourself in it completely. Maybe it’s just me, but does it seem like Beijing is this cardboard house built with the intention of entertaining out of town guest for an extended weekend? It’s like they (literally) swept the junk under the run hoping we wouldn’t notice. I don’t know. Seems like these “nightclubs” are awfully contrived – like those old senior photos against a “brick wall” with “graffiti” on them. Uh huh.

And pole dancing!? I thought only sluts from the United States did that. Should be an Olympic sport. Chairman Mao would not approve.

More Beijing party pics:
Dutch tourists dance on the tables inside one of the clubs in Beijing's Sanlitun night club district which are packed with foreigners in town to enjoy the Olympics, on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. The well known Sanlitun area has been cleaned up prior to the Olympic games and thrives with young people looking for a party. American tourists dance inside one of the clubs at Beijing's Sanlitun night club district which are packed with foreigners in town to enjoy the Olympics, on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. The well known Sanlitun area has been cleaned up prior to the Olympic games and thrives with young people looking for a party. A pole dancer performs inside one of the clubs at Beijing's Sanlitun night club district, which is packed with foreigners in town to enjoy the Olympics, on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. The well known Sanlitun area has been cleaned up prior to the Olympic games and thrives with young people looking for a party. A Chinese woman smokes a cigarette inside a disco in Beijing's Sanlitun night club district which are packed with foreigners in town to enjoy the Olympics, on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. The well known Sanlitun area has been cleaned up prior to the Olympic games and thrives with young people looking for a party.
(Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images AsiaPac)
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