There are more infamous places here than Maggies (aka Mongolian Embassy). I, personally, wouldn't know if it closed as I don't frequent the joint but if they really wanted to do some cleaning they would have a long way to go.

It is going to be interesting to see how things looks by August. Beijing has made alot of strides over the last 24-months as the Chinese government views the Olympics as their medium to show that they are a developed nation.

At the same time, while the economy is booming, inflation (at least in Beijing) is also booming. Restaurant and food prices have gone up (quite noticeably). Housing prices per square meter are now over 20,000 RMB (among the premium housing segment) and rents are going up as well. Cabs are still cheap at 10RMB flag fall but traffic is out of hand almost any time of the day so the same trip is more expensive due to waiting time. Beijing is a great city minus the pollution but the government will do everything in their power to fix the problem before the Olympic crowd arrives. I would definitely call it a short-term fix but I would expect that they are going to expand their alternate license plate driving days and increase rainfall in July just to make sure there isn’t any problems come the 1st week in August.