"<h2>The Chinese Mothership</h2> <br/>Look at this magical place in Beijing... it's on the edge of belief.<br/><br/>I could hardly fathom the nature of this place.  I expected the lights to appear on the grid with melodic tones a mystical, alien language, like in Close Encounters.  But none of that happened...  So I just stood there for a long time, thinking about how incredible this place was... and took my time, setting up my system for a fitting photograph.<br/><br/>Remember when we were kids, and we never finished our food, even under the threat of starving children in China?  Now, I say to my kids, you better eat your food, or else Chinese children will grow up and create an economic powerhouse.  Well too late for that!<br/><br/>This is the amazing National Centre for the Performing Arts, or as I like to say, the 国家大剧院 -- I find that rolls of the tongue a bit easier.<br/><br/>- Trey Ratcliff<br/><br/><a href=""http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2011/01/26/national-centre-for-the-performing-arts-the-egg/"" rel=""nofollow"">Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.</a>"
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