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Summer Palace

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September 12th 2009
Hello everybody! Went for a trip to the Summer Palace today, it's actually ridiculously close to where we are staying, only about half an hour by bus, so that was good. The place is amazing, like everything else I've written about so far. It was designed by the Empress (who was one nasty piece of work, read about her, she's a cow), so that she could get out of Beijing for the Summer. It was ... 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