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Extract from the Beidaihe Travel Guides:
BEIDAIHE
is a rather bizarre seaside resort on the Bohai Gulf, 300km east of Beijing, which was originally patronized by European diplomats, missionaries and businessmen around the turn of the century, who can only have chosen it out of homesickness. Its coastline - rocky, sparsely vegetated, erratically punctuated by beaches - is reminiscent of the Mediterranean. They built villas and bungalows here, and reclined on verandahs sipping cocktails after indulging in the new bathing fad. After the Communist takeover, the village became a pleasure resort for Party bigwigs, reaching its height of popularity in the 1970s when seaside trips were no l...
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