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Hip Hotel G Shut Down By Chinese Government

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 7 Workers Stadium West Road, Beijing, China, 100020
August 11, 2008 at 9:00 AM | by | Comment (1)

We were so excited when Hotel G opened in Beijing because it was a cool new hotel that wasn't a part of some big-box US hotel chain. Also, it opened a 25 degrees burger restaurant inside.

Yet the hotel's high hopes for high occupancy during the Olympic Games have been shattered. The Chinese government has closed down the hotel because one of its rooms was used for a Free Tibet protest.

From a news report:

The new hotel, near the Workers' Stadium, is painted a garish purple - a funky newcomer to the popular area around the stadium. Staff knew nothing about the protesters gathering in a room on the sixth floor. They were innocent bystanders who had desperately tried to stop journalists from accessing the room.

That didn't matter. The hotel has been closed, the guests shifted elsewhere. Chinese justice has spoken.

The New Zealand Herald has a blow by blow account of the relatively peaceful in-room protest. However, what really sucks is that hotel employees desperately tried to stop the protest even telling journalists "Please think of all the people who work in this hotel" to no avail. Now the hotel is closed down at least for the remainder of the Olympic Games or possibly for good. Sad.

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Re: Hip Hotel G Shut Down By Chinese Government

There are certainly a lot of claims one could make about the Chinese government, but this was neither the right time nor the proper forum.  When you are a GUEST in their country and are there for purposes such as the Olympics, I think it is terribly rude (not to mention stupid) to display politically charged behavior which you know is going to get you into trouble.   And to what end did their antics serve anyone?  It only accomplished putting the hotel's livelihood in jeopardy.  What a thoughtless and selfish act.  Did they really think that waving banners under the noses of the Chinese police would change their policy.  Get real!
pabrams52 on August 16, 2008 at 5:43 AM #Permalink

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