Beachgoers at Beidaihe in 1985, the year the writer first visited the seaside town in northeast China best known as the summer retreat of Communist Party leaders. Photo: Martin Williams
Beidaihe: Chinese leadership retreat like a genteel English seaside resort with armed sentries
- A Gothic McDonald’s, onion domes, quaint 1920s villas – the seaside town known as the summer retreat of Communist Party leaders is a curious architectural mix
- A magnet for migratory birds as well as people, and hence a haunt of birdwatchers, a visit can be combined with one to the eastern extremities of the Great Wall
Beachgoers at Beidaihe in 1985, the year the writer first visited the seaside town in northeast China best known as the summer retreat of Communist Party leaders. Photo: Martin Williams
