The night before I left I went to Tiananmen Square. Security is right for the upcoming 100 year celebrating of the communist party. I took the photos one should take while standing in the square.
Of course walking back to my hotel earlier I was reminded of the times we are in. An ambulance taking away a person. The people in contamination garb. One watching the street after the ambulance left and another had just reentered the building spreading all surfaces. We have a long way to go with covid.
At the airport I was quite early. I have not much experience with Beijing Airport so took no chances. Actually, of all airports I have been: Amsterdam and the US are the worst for getting through security. Security is still tight here, they just don’t have lots of wait. If course this is actually not peak season yet. So I went to the very affordable flight lounge (no alcohol that is why it is affordable).
In the airport there are displays and history :
