All eyes on China: it's summer in Beijing and heads across the world are turned towards the Chinese as they host the Olympic Games in the coming weeks. What better time to make the acquaintance of Dong Jinyi, China's new ambassador to Switzerland?

Swiss News › Nbr. 2008, April 2008

Author: Mirza, Faryal

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All eyes on China: it's summer in Beijing and heads across the world are turned towards the Chinese as they host the Olympic Games in the coming weeks. What better time to make the acquaintance of Dong Jinyi, China's new ambassador to Switzerland?

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One of the physical landmarks of the special relationship Switzerland enjoys with China is the new Olympic stadium built in Beijing by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron.

Nicknamed the Bird's Nest, after the delicacy used in Chinese cuisine, the building might even be seen as symbolic of the intricate relationship between Bern and Beijing. Its core is housed in a mesh of elegantly curved girders, in itself, an architectural feat, and...

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