In Beijing, No Making Heads or Tails of a New Building

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In Beijing, No Making Heads or Tails of a New Building

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BEIJING — Visitors to the Beijing Olympics have been drawn to the city’s Olympic stadiums, such as the Water Cube and the Bird’s Nest. But there is also intrigue about a mysterious building that sits adjacent to the Olympic Green, something called the Pangu Plaza.

Shaped like a dragon — and stretching the length of seven football fields — is a colossal row of stone buildings that boast a high-rise office tower, shopping mall, seven-star hotel and what the developer insists is the world’s first traditional Chinese “courtyard in the sky.”

In recent weeks, Chinese newspapers have continued in the New York Times