Beijing Revisited

Part of the remodelled "old" Beijing south of the Forbidden City

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September 24th 2008
Still exhausted after our hours climbing the Great Wall, we opted for an easy day touring around Beijing in the rainy weather. Bundled up in our jeans, sweaters and jackets- what a difference few days makes when we were sweating in the sunshine 2 days ago- we hit Jingshan Park, conveniently located off of the hutong we were staying on. We had to bite the bullet and tackle Jingshan in the rain ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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