At the next Olympics games in Beijing Alinari Archives present a selection of images of the past Beijing and the city today.

FCC-F-014871-0000 Felice Beato, A view of the city and the market, 1870 [Alinari Archives]	AVQ-A-001478-0022 Men near one of the royal palaces of the Forbidden City, 1926-1929 [Alinari Archives]	FVQ-F-054839-0000 View of Beijing with the Imperial Summer Palace, before the reconstructions, 1902 [Alinari Archives]	AVQ-A-001478-0010 A busy street of Beijing, 1926-1929 [Alinari Archives]
ULL-F-404129-0000 Shopping center [Ullstein bild/Alinari Archives]	ULL-F-960500-0000 National Aquatics Centre [Ullstein bild/Alinari Archives]	ULL-F-934188-0000 Yintai Centre in Central Business District [Ullstein bild/Alinari Archives]	ULL-S-009003-4058 Rickshaw Drivers sleeping in their vehilces [Ullstein bild/Alinari Archives]

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To see more pictures of the city today, see www.ullsteinbild.de, www.sz-photo.de and www.topfoto.co.uk

ALINARI is the official concessionarie of the Italian Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities and manages or represents several photographic Archives in Italy: ANSA, De Agostini Picture Library, Finsiel, Folco Quilici, Fosco Maraini, Franco Cosimo Panini, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Istituto LUCE, Lelli e Masotti, RAI Teche, RCS, Santa Maria della Scala, SEAT, Touring Club Italiano, Uliano Lucas, Vigili del Fuoco and abroad: Artothek, Bildarchiv Monheim, Courtauld Institute of Art, Imagno, Interfoto, Mary Evans, Osterreichische NationalBibliotek, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, The Bridgeman Art Library - Giraudon, TopFoto e Ullstein Bild.