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Wide-reaching traffic lockdowns and a visible array of security in central Beijing for Oct 1 will likely drive those interested in the National Day Parade to the comfort of their own homes to watch the festivities on TV. 乐外网,学习考试培训网 乐外网leWai.com The daytime parade and the evening gala at Tian'anmen Square, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, will impact traffic on bus routes, subway lines and on roads today and Thursday in the capital. For most of the public, getting close to Tian'anmen Square will be a mission impossible. Traffic authorities will shut down many roads, mostly within the third ring road, for nearly the entire day on Thursday. 乐外网为您提供最优的考试服务
A total of 241 bus routes will also be affected today and Thursday. Some will cease operating, and others will take passengers on detours, the municipal transport authority said on its official website yesterday. 乐外网为您提供最优的考试服务 Subways will also be heavily affected, as Line 1 will stop operating between 11pm today and 3:30pm Thursday. Other subway lines will skip certain stations Thursday. 乐外网为您提供最优的考试服务
The Qianmen station on Line 2, the Xidan station on Line 4, and the Dongdan station on Line 5 will be closed all day on Thursday. LeWai.com乐外网,考试资源网
Other stations will be closed from Thursday morning to 3:30 pm, such as Jianguomen, Chongwenmen, Hepingmen, Xuanwumen, Changchunjie and Fuxingmen stations on Line 2; Chongwenmen and Dengshikou stations on Line 5; and Guomao station on Line 10. Subway trains will skip these stations during operations. http://www.lewai.com乐外网 Meanwhile, the Beijing Capital International Airport will shut down for three hours starting from 9:30am Thursday. 乐外网为您提供最优的考试服务 Some 180 flights will be affected. The airport handles at least 1,000 flights per day, or at least one flight every minute. 内容来自乐外网 The shutdown will probably cause a delay in flights for the rest of the day, experts warned. http://www.lewai.com乐外网 Beside the difficulties of getting to the spot, only about 30,000 guests from the public are lucky enough to be invited to watch the parade or evening gala at Tian'anmen Square. The guests include representatives of residents living close to the square, said Ji Lin, vice-mayor of Beijing. LeWai.com乐外网,考试资源网 The capital's uninvited and those in other parts of China and the world have to compromise with watching the celebrations on TV. 乐外网leWai.com
CCTV and CCTV.com will deliver live high-definition coverage of the National Day celebrations including the military parade in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian. 乐外网资源,转载请表明来源 Police suggest that Beijing residents try not to go out on Oct 1 to avoid complications. The public is recommended to watch the celebrations live on TV. 乐外网为您提供最优的考试服务 Iconic venues including the Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Rostrum, and the Great Hall of the People were sealed off at 3pm yesterday, and will reopen on Friday at the earliest, the Tian'anmen Square managing authority said. 本文来源于乐外网www.lewai.com Beijing police expect tens of thousands of tourists to visit the square when it reopens. Over 10,000 police officers and security guards will monitor Beijing street corners and checkpoints for evidence of potential threats on Oct 1. As many as 800,000 volunteers have also been enlisted to help maintain safety. 本文来源于乐外网www.lewai.com Izumi Quan, a Beijing-based writer from Japan, said she will not dare leave her home until Friday when road closures are lifted. 乐外网为您提供最优的考试服务 "I have no choice. I have tanks rumbling in front of my apartment," joked Quan, who lives near Guomao in east Beijing, a sealed-off area beginning early Thursday morning through the afternoon. http://www.lewai.com乐外网
Armed vehicles will roll into the city from the Beijing East Railway Station and march onto Chang'an Avenue after a brief stop before commercial facilities and residential areas on Dawang Road. http://www.lewai.com乐外网 http://www.lewai.com乐外网 "Everywhere it's closed. If we go out during the next two days, we can only head south all the way to the suburbs of Beijing," said Jiang Ning, a white-collar employee who lives with a roommate near Chongwenmen, another closed area near Qianmen. LeWai.com乐外网,考试资源网
Jiang's office in the capital's central business district will be closed today to leave room for parade preparations. Popular shopping areas such as Xidan, Wangfujing and Qianmen will be closed starting at noon Thursday. 本文来源于乐外网www.lewai.com (责任编辑:admin) |