Golden Palace on a Silver Street in Beijing

Where: 31 Gan Yu Road, Wang Fu Jing Ave, Beijing , China, 100006

August 6, 2008 at 9:15 AM | by amandak | Comments (0)

Two days, just two tiny days to go until the 2008 Olympics kick off in Beijing, but not everyone in Beijing's hotels is thinking about sports right now. There are also a bunch of people keen to protest against China's treatment of Tibet, and some of these people apparently frequent the Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel in the Dongcheng District of Beijing.

This morning the BBC reported being invited into the Golden Palace by a Tibetan activist, and it was all very James Bond: turn right after entering the hotel, find a man with a red cap, and so it went on.

The journos ending up in a fifth floor room of the hotel watching a video of Tibetans talking about freedom--unfortunately they decided the hotel room was "small, hot and dark".

The Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel is a Chinese hotel rather than a Western-style luxury place, which means two main things: it's cheaper, but it's harder to communicate with staff unless you have some basic Mandarin knowledge.

It's only been open since 2004 and outside of Olympic season rooms go for around US$60, but during August they're up to $220 instead. Just watch out for that guy with the red cap.

[Photo: TravelChina]

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