No matter whether visitors stayed at the Friendship or Beijing Hotel, this was before the arrival of era of Coca Cola, Cadillacs, or cheeseburgers in Beijing.

• 不管客人是住在友谊宾馆还是北京饭店，此时距可口可乐、凯迪拉克或奶酪汉堡涌入北京的时代尚远。