One good whirlwind layover deserves another, right?  Hence the 2nd leg of our convoluted routing to South Africa giving us 7 hours in Beijing.

The Air China flight from Taipei to Beijing was in a regional Airbus A330-300 and right on time.  The recliners were fine for the 3.5 hour flight.  The food was decent, my husband went for the seafood as usual and I went for the pasta.  Then we watched a movie (can’t remember which one) until arrival.  No complaints about the hard or soft product.