Out in the bleak wastelands of northwest Beijing, where everything is gray and demolished, there lies the Satellite Dish graveyard. Any foreigner that has taken the hellish journey to the health centre to get their health check/stabbing with hypodermic needles, will recognise this view from the taxi ride. The compound, while guarded by lazy looking military personnel, houses probably fifty or more satellite dishes, all in various stages of rustiness.
Adjacent to the site, is the greenhouse area, which is much easier to get into. It is a strange thing in a lot of Chinese cities, that military and government sites will have greenhouses nearby. This is mostly so that they can boast a) self-sufficiency for food, and b) that food can also be grown within the city limits. This idea has gone out of vogue in the last ten years, and Beijing has a lot of empty greenhouses all over the city.
This was not a difficult explore, but damn it was cold in that snow.
Burbex - Beijing Urbex 