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From vegetable field to bird’s nest: witnessing the birth of the national stadium in Beijing

Many of you perhaps have already seen the stunning computer rendered image, shown above, of the national stadium, better known as the bird’s nest. But do you wonder what it looks like during the seven years of building? Recently, an amateur... ...full story at Blogging For China

from Blogging For China on Sun, Aug 03 2008

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