摘 要: | FOR over 600 years, Beijing's Qianmen Street has been one of the city's most prestigious and busiest commercial thoroughfares. Just 10 minutes by foot from Tian'anmen Square, in the very heart of the city, the 800-meter-long avenue was in its heyday a convergence of more than 100 upscale stores and restaurants, attracting a steady stream of shoppers and sightseers.
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