Expensive stuff

Each of these tiles, which are located inside one of the buildings in the Forbidden City, are worth more than a brick of gold because they are so expensive to make. They're the original bling-bling.

The suana that is Beijing

June 10th 2007
I’ve been up to a lot of stuff recently. Classes are going well, and on Thursday and Friday we toured around Beijing more, going to the Temple of Heaven Park, karaoke, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. I’m going to describe all those places in a bit, but first I need to explain the conditions in which we have been walking around at these places. Beijing is hot. Really, really hot. On ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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