{"id":1138,"date":"2026-01-11T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2026-01-11T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:00:08","slug":"china-is-not-what-i-expected-first-24-hours-arriving-in-beijing-%f0%9f%87%a8%f0%9f%87%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"CHINA is NOT what I expected &#8211; FIRST 24 HOURS Arriving in Beijing \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z6q6fGVu-eg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Join me as I travel solo from London to China and share my first impressions of Beijing as a solo female traveller. 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