Other Activities in Beijing

Both of our children, Margaret and Steven, were old enough to enjoy this trip to China. We certainly packed in a lot of activities on this visit, including in Beijing. We went to many famous tourist places again, such as the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, the Temple of Heaven, and the Forbidden Palace, some of which are recorded by the pictures below:

  We also visited some Beijing relatives, my cousin's family, and we took a picture with their son and his movie star wife.

Also included was a get-together with the president of North China University of Technology and some of his staff. This get-together was very important as it was the beginning of the process to establish a co-op program between East Tennessee State and this University. This program later brought many Chinese students to visit the Tennessee campus.