{"id":6913,"date":"2011-10-27T23:28:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T15:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=6913"},"modified":"2022-04-09T20:56:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T12:56:47","slug":"touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time","title":{"rendered":"Touch a physical Google for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">For many online companies like <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">www.tour-beijing.com<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>,<\/strong> Google is the God, the Sky, the Earth on which they live. Now everything can be googled. Google has empowered ordinary people to become experts&nbsp;in short time on&nbsp;some areas which were normally restricted to a handful of people&nbsp;who would spend years for learning on the specific aspects.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Having Googled, you become a doctor, a trip advisor, a weather expert, a writer, a journalist, a seller, a buyer, a teacher&#8230;, the list can be infinite. Google has changed the world, the life style, the thinking and the social structure. In a word, Google has created a new world, a world of information,&nbsp;a world of communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This afternoon, I&nbsp;have an opportunity to enter the Google office building in Haidian District Beijing. It&nbsp;is my first time to feel and touch a physical Google. The ten-storey building stands elegantly in the Tsinghua&nbsp;High-tech Garden, west of Wudao Kou in Haidian District of Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Google&#8217;s Ten-Storey Building<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6914\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time\/attachment\/googles-ten-storey-building\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6914\" title=\"Google's Ten-Storey Building\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Googles-Ten-Storey-Building.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Googles-Ten-Storey-Building.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Googles-Ten-Storey-Building-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google&#8217;s Ten-Storey Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Our meeting room&nbsp;is arranged on the sixth floor, a space that can accommodate over 50 people.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6916\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time\/attachment\/our-meeting-room-was-arranged-on-the-sixth-floor-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6916\" title=\"Our meeting room was arranged on the sixth floor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-meeting-room-was-arranged-on-the-sixth-floor1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-meeting-room-was-arranged-on-the-sixth-floor1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Our-meeting-room-was-arranged-on-the-sixth-floor1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our meeting room was arranged on the sixth floor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The corridor with a Google Logo leading to the meeting room<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6917\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time\/attachment\/the-corridor-with-a-google-logo-leading-to-the-meeting-room\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6917\" title=\"The corridor with a Google Logo leading to the meeting room\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-corridor-with-a-Google-Logo-leading-to-the-meeting-room.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-corridor-with-a-Google-Logo-leading-to-the-meeting-room.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-corridor-with-a-Google-Logo-leading-to-the-meeting-room-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corridor with a Google Logo leading to the meeting room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Various fruits, snacks are put on shelves. Of course, they are free. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6918\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time\/attachment\/various-fruits-snacks-are-put-on-shelves\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6918\" title=\"Various fruits, snacks are put on shelves.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Various-fruits-snacks-are-put-on-shelves..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Various-fruits-snacks-are-put-on-shelves..jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Various-fruits-snacks-are-put-on-shelves.-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Various fruits, snacks are put on shelves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Office equipments are arranged neatly in the corridor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A glimpse of a Goolgle office<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6920\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time\/attachment\/a-glimpse-of-a-goolgle-office\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6920\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6920\" title=\"A glimpse of a Goolgle office\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-glimpse-of-a-Goolgle-office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-glimpse-of-a-Goolgle-office.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-glimpse-of-a-Goolgle-office-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A glimpse of a Goolgle office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A picture of Eating Pyramid hanging on the wall<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6921\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/company-activities\/touch-a-physical-google-for-the-first-time\/attachment\/aeating\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6921\" title=\"eating\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AEating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AEating.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/AEating-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The health eating pyramid picture on the wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A 3-hour inside the google office building in Beijing has impressed me greatly. It is a global company with a global vision, a leader in the search engine world.<p><\/p>\n<p>We sincerely hope Google is, has been and will be our lighthouse in the ocean of information. We love Google,&nbsp;for it has empowered us!<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,&nbsp; here are some options for Beijing guided tours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_day_tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing Day Tour<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_package_tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing Tour Packages<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/great_wall\/\" target=\"_blank\">Great Wall Tour<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/sightseeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing City Tour<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_winter_tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing Winter Tour<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/beijing_autumn_tour\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing Autumn Tour<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/car_rental\/\" target=\"_blank\">Car Rental in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing Tours<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/china_city_tours\/\" target=\"_blank\">China City Tours<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/china-tours\/\" target=\"_blank\">China Tour<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Readings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/when-to-visit-beijing-best-time-to-visit-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Best Time to Visit Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/how-to-plan-a-trip-to-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to plan a trip to Beijing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/top_10_must_see_attractions_in_beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/forbidden-city-travel-tips-the-palace-museum-travel-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Forbidden City<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/tips-for-visiting-the-temple-of-heaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/tips-for-visiting-summer-palace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Summer Palace<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/how-to-visit-ming-tombs-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/great-wall-of-china\/tips-for-visiting-the-great-wall-of-china-around-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/tips-for-visiting-tiananmen-square\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/the-top-10-hutongs-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Hutongs<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/how-to-visit-birds-nest-and-water-cube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/top-10-beijing-markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/top-10-beijing-shopping-malls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/shopping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-attractions-tips\/wangfujing-street-a-famous-pedestrian-street-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wangfujing Walking Street<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/beijing-attractions-tips\/qianmen-street-a-famous-pedestrian-street-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qianmen Commercial Street<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/night-view-of-gui-jie-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gui Jie ( Ghost Street) Food Street<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many online companies like www.tour-beijing.com, Google is the God, the Sky, the Earth on which they live. Now everything can be googled. Google has empowered ordinary people to become experts&nbsp;in short time on&nbsp;some areas which were normally restricted to a handful of people&nbsp;who would spend years for learning on the specific aspects.&nbsp; Having Googled,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1463,1462],"class_list":["post-6913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-company-activities","tag-beijing-google","tag-google-beijing-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6913"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31455,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6913\/revisions\/31455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}