I landed on 36L (36R is the normal northerly arrival runway) about 15 min after the above "incident". PEK ATC are aften the subject of criticism from regular visitors due to very late RWY changes, erratic speed control, and little (perceived) co-ordination between CTL, APP, ARR, TWR and GND. It was a pleasant surprise to find the runway closure promptly advised on the ATIS, and ARR and TWR co-operating to land longhaul widebodies and local (mandarin only speaking) narrowbodies at 5NM spacing on the one remaining RWY, with departures launched between. Even delivery/GND where trying to keep departuring traffic advised of delays, and there were only about 8 A/C at the holding point when we finally joined the queue (I've seen more than 20 in front of me after just a little snow). Kudos PEK ATC, it would be good to see this level of service more often when both RWYs are available.
