These snapshots of poverty and hopelessness seem out of place in modern China, with the new Beijing airport and its visionary roof which soars and ripples like a cresting wave.

• 这些贫穷和无助的景象似乎与现代化的中国不相称，看看新的北京机场，它梦幻般的顶篷卷起如波峰的阵阵涟漪。