The National Theatre designed by the French architect Paul Andreu, and cyclists commuting in central Beijing, Beijing, China, Asia

New CCTV Central Chinese Television building designed by Rem Koolhass of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in Guomao CBD, Beijing, China, Asia

Hall of Preserving Harmony (in the background) with Hall of Central Harmony, Forbidden City, Beijing, China, East Asia

New CCTV Central Chinese Television building designed by Rem Koolhass of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Guomao CBD, Beijing, China, Asia

Hall of Preserving Harmony (in the background) with Hall of Central Harmony, Forbidden City, Beijing, China, East Asia

Chinese department store neon front, Wanfujing Dajie, Central Beijing, China, Asia

The CCTV Tower, China Central Television is the country's national public broadcaster, Beijing, China, Asia

Chinese department store with people shopping, Wanfujing Dajie, Central Beijing, China, Asia

Traffic on main road in central Beijing, China, Asia

Congested traffic on main road in central Beijing, China, Asia

Ornate traditional Chinese Zhengyangmen gate near Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, China, Asia

Crowded Wangfujing street and shops in Central Beijing, China

CCTV TV station HQ by OMA Rem Koolhaas architecture studio, built in 2009, Central Business District, Beijing, China, Asia

Chang An Avenue in central Beijing, China

Crowded Wangfujing street and shops in Central Beijing, China

Crowded Wangfujing street and shops in Central Beijing, China

Chinese policemen on Wangfujing street of Central Beijing, China

A Chinese girl in front of The CCTV Tower (China Central Television), Beijing, China, Asia

Street food in central Beijing, China, Asia

The CCTV Tower, China Central Television is the country's national public broadcaster, Beijing, China, Asia

The CCTV Tower, China Central Television is the country's national public broadcaster, Beijing, China, Asia

CCTV (Central China Television) tower, Beijing, China, Asia

A view across rooftops in central Beijing, including the China Central TV tower, Beijing, China, Asia

Customers queue up to buy dim-sum style snack foods at a street corner food kitchen near Beijing Dong Lu, central Shanghai, China. In the foreground are shu mei - thin skinned, filled with rice and usually diced pork.

Customers queue up to buy dim-sum style snack foods at a street corner food kitchen near Beijing Dong Lu, central Shanghai, China.

Chinese workers labor at a copper smelter in Tongling in China's central Anhui Province. The smelter refined some of the metals that will be used in the 2008 Summer Olympic medals to be held in Beijing.

Customers queue up to buy dim-sum style snack foods at a street corner food kitchen near Beijing Dong Lu, central Shanghai, China. In the foreground are shu mei - thin skinned, filled with rice and usually diced pork.

The China Central Television Building under construction in Beijing, China. The imposing building was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, cost an estimated US $600million, and is scheduled be completed in time for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Chinese workers labor at a copper smelter in Tongling in China's central Anhui Province. The smelter refined some of the metals that will be used in the 2008 Summer Olympic medals to be held in Beijing.

The Gate of Heavenly Peace which fronts Tiananmen Square and serves as the entrance to the Forbidden City in central Beijing, China.

Chinese workers labor at a copper smelter in Tongling in China's central Anhui Province. The smelter refined some of the metals that will be used in the 2008 Summer Olympic medals to be held in Beijing.