The Changing Face of Beijing

In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China "...Critics have incessantly described these high-profile projects as bullish expressions of the nation’s budding global primacy. Yet these buildings are not simply blunt expressions of power. Like the great monuments of 16th-century Rome or 19th-century Paris, China’s new architecture exudes an aura that has as much to do with intellectual ferment as economic clout..."

See a multi-media slide show of 5 new architectural monuments in Beijing.