DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES First Impressions of Beijing: What It’s Really Like Exploring a City This Big Posted on May 11, 2026July 28, 2026 First impressions about Beijing… it’s BIG!! Really big. More than 250 million people live in the city and its surrounding suburbs. Imagine that. There are only 50 and 322 million people living gin the entire countries of Korea and the United States respectively. Read more