Within 40 minutes I was booked into my hotel, which was in close proximity to some of the city's best attractions, and just around the corner from the city's dead center -- the imposing Bell Tower.
Terrorist activities are ever more rampant. From the New York World Trade Center to North Ossetia, the alarm bell of terrorist threats has tolled loud time and again.
恐怖活动愈演愈烈，从纽约世贸大厦到北奥塞梯，恐怖威胁的警钟一次又一次敲响。
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The Bell Tower is the geographical center of Xi 'an and the four main streets are respectively Dong Dajie, Xi Dajie, Nan Dajie and Bei Dajie which are also the main commercial streets.