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Bill Meyer
Via Internet
A Boring New Beijing?
It looks like Beijing is well on its way to becoming one of those boring new, modern, soulless Asian cities that have eradicated everything a visitor might want to see other than a few historic monuments ("Beijing Rising," Aug. 13). The three days I spent in Kuala Lumpur a few years ago were two days too long. I found nothing there I couldn't have found in any other city anywhere, or in most shopping malls. What a pity Asians, unlike Europeans, have not learned to modernize without destroying the charm of the original culture and architecture. That is why Europe is still the No. 1 destination for tourists from all over the world—including Asians.
Jef Westing
Isle Sur La Sorgue, France
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