New U.S. Embassy To Open in Beijing, China, During Olympics Opening Day

by Windsor Genova
(AHN News)

Kari in Beijing

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Department of State said Friday that a new U.S. Embassy building complex will open in Beijing, China on Aug. 8, the opening day of the 2008 Olympic Games.

The new Beijing New Embassy Compound sits on a 10-acre lot by the LiangMa River and northeast of the Forbidden City in Beijing's Third Diplomatic Enclave, in the Liang Ma He neighborhood, according to a statement from the agency.

The NEC has five buildings, with the eight-story chancery building as the centerpiece. The embassy is the second largest overseas construction project of the Department of State cost $434 million.

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