It's possible that I will attend a meeting in Singapore. Is it silly to sneak away to Beijing for a day? Assuming I can redeem an award, there's a Singapore Airlines flight arriving in Beijing at 0710 and a return flight leaves at 1600.

If a go, should I hire a driver for a day? How do I find one? The next question would be whether I should head for the Great Wall and see the aviation museum at Datong (we are FT'ers, after all) or stay in town.