Paul Merton in China altyazı (240858)

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Beijing Airport,
the beginning of my epic journey.

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l'm not what you would
call a seasoned traveller.

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l've been to the odd foreign country -
the lsle of Wight, that kind of thing -

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but China just seems so much more foreign.

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And odd.

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l will of course have a translator on my trip,
but she doesn't start until Monday morning,

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so l've come prepared with the name of
my hotel, written in English and Chinese.

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Wang Fu Ying Grand?

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lt's a real shame my driver
doesn't seem to speak either language.

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- Yes.
- Yeah?

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- Please.
- Ah. OK.

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So why, you may be asking,
did l agree to make this trip?

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When l was at school' they said' ''China's
going to be the up-and-coming superpower'''

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and it didn't seem to happen' but now
it has happened' in the last ten' 12 years'

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and with the Olympic Games coming up as well'
this is a really good' exciting time to come.

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l have no preconceptions of what it's going to
be like. l don't know how you can have' really.

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lt's six weeks' and l've really...
How can you prepare for this?

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l haven't' you know...
Obviously l've studied Mandarin.

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Er' it's an orange' apparently.

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l've just flown into Beijing,
formerly known as Peking,

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and now the capital of the
People's Republic of China.