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I got on a taxi and told the driver that I wanted to visit Xinjiang (Uyghur) Village and have lunch there. The guy told me that the Chinese authority forced the Uyghurs to leave and Xinjiang village does not exist any more. I was very disappointed. I feel Uyghurs are very close to Persians in culture, music, language, cuisine, and religion. I really wanted to meet them!

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This halal restaurant is very big and pretty. Waitresses take orders with hand-held computers.

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This photo looks like Los Angeles, but it is Beijing’s rush hour!

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A lot of halal restaurants in Beijing have Arabic signs.

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The Persian motif in the halal restaurant.

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This restaurant was selling scorpions. There was a sign next to the scorpions saying that scorpions have high protein content. OMG!

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This souvenir shop sells notebooks with the covers of Mao, Obama, Che Guevara, and Marilyn Monroe.

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Here is the same hookah pipe with Mao’s photo on the window. I ate a pizza at this restaurant.

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Next to the scorpions, they were also selling cicadas.

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I saw a hookah on the dining table and Mao’s picture on the wall. The waiter told me that both Chinese and foreign tourists use the hookah paraphernalia. This is a plain looking hoohak, not as fancy as Persian hookah.

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I walked into a small restaurant that has Mao Zedong as its motif.

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This is a famous alley frequented by tourists. Both sides of the alley are lined with shops and restaurants.

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I visited a pizza restaurant out of curiosity.

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This pizza place delivers pizza by bicycles.

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Red pandas in Bejing zoo. Red pandas’ main diet is bamboo also just like giant pandas.

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