Event: Tianjin Historical Walking Tour
Date and Time: Sat., May 11th, 2013, 09:30am-14:00pm

Registration Fee: RMB 250 for Members, RMB 300 for Non-Members
Above fee includes: English-speaking tour guide, Lunch with Set Menu at Bistro Thonet in Qing Wang Fu

Meeting point:
West end of the Liberation Bridge (opposite to Tianjin Railway Station), JieFang Bei Road, Heping District, Tianjin
天津市和平区解放北路解放桥桥头（海河西侧，天津火车站对面）
contact person:
Una Zhang, mobile: 18622084161

Tianjin, a modern coastal city in northern China, is home to 12 million people. This 3.5-hour morning tour of Tianjin will provide a panoramic introduction to the past 100 years of history, which occupies a central place in modern Chinese memory. See Tianjin as seen by Sun Yat-sen, Eric Liddell, Herbert Hoover and many others. Learn about the foreign businessmen, Chinese officials, diplomats and soldiers who shaped the city (and China) and made Tianjin home. Visit the sites where they lived, worked, worshiped and played.

The tour will be led by Douglas Red. General Manager and Tour Impresario. With three decades in China and Asia, a banking career, a degree in Asian Studies and fluent in the Mandarin language, Doug will take you on an experience that combines place, story, history and passion. He will help you discover a China and a Tianjin that lies just beyond the borders of your imagination.

We will start from the west end of the Liberation Bridge (Jie Fang Qiao) and walk through the old French and British financial neighborhoods, visit the Astor Hotel, Xiao Bai Lou Area, then enjoy lunch at Qing Wang Fu, a historic mansion constructed in 1922 as a private residence for the last head eunuch of the Forbidden City in the old English neighborhood.

After lunch, you could enjoy a relaxed tour of the famous Wu Da Dao (Five Avenues area), which is a high-end residential area created in the historic British area of Tianjin on river silt dredged from the Hai He in the early 20th century. Capital from warlords and princes was invested in the construction of mansions of European flavor that populate the district. Most of the homes and buildings date back to the 1920s and 1930s.

Important:
This is a walking only tour which requires approx. three hours in total. Please be prepared to wear comfortable gear, e.g. walking shoes and dress appropriately for the weather.

Agenda:
9:30 - 10:00 AM Meet at the west end of the liberation bridge (Exit of the Jinwan Guang Chang Station of subway line 3)
10:00 - 12:30 PM Tour of the liberation bridge and bank street, Xiao Bai Lou Area
12:30 - 14:00 PM Lunch at Qing Wang Fu  
14:00 - 15:00 PM Tour of Wu Da Dao Area (optional)

Registration:

This tour limits to 20-25 people.
Please register your attendance with Ms. Una Zhang at email at tianjin@europeanchamber.com.cn by end of work May 9th, 2013.
Registration for this event will follow the principle of "first come, first serve". Due to limited group size we can’t guarantee participation to anyone not registered in advance. After your online registration we will reconfirm by email with you.

If for some unexpected reason you can’t attend the event, please cancel your registration no later than one business day prior to the event (no later than noontime Friday, May 10th). If you fail to timely notify us of your cancellation, you will be charged for event costs.

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