Tier 1 cities like Beijing have a couple of hundred high-speed trains stopping at the city every day.

像北京这样的一线城市每天有几百辆高铁停靠。

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Dashan: Did you like Beijing?

大山：你喜欢北京吗？

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Do you like Beijing Opera?

你喜欢京剧吗？

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Beijing's space program also serves more practical interests like raising money and making alliances.

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And he won like seven medals in Beijing.

他在北京好像赢了七块奖牌。

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They're already moving beyond early target cities like Beijing and Shanghai into second-tier cities.

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Some foreign basketball players aren't exactly roughing it in the more-cosmopolitan cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

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Also, people from big cities like Beijing and Shanghai are very biased against outsiders.

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