Anthony outside the entrance to the Forbidden City, with just a couple of other tourists around!

Blue Skies in Beijing

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September 17th 2007
Beijing…..just another Chinese city? Maybe not! After an overnight train ride from Suzhou we arrived at the main train station in Beijing which, as we had come to expect, was full on - people trying to get you to stay at their hotels, illicit taxis offering you rides and just about everything else being sold by hawkers. We found our way to the taxi rank in high hopes as the TV had boasted that ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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