Hands down...

The Summer Palace, The Water Cube, and Opera!

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October 26th 2009
The day after our Great Wall adventure, we headed out early again this time to see the Summer Palace. I love visiting stuff of historical importance so I was pretty stoked about seeing the Summer Palace. I knew that much of it was rebuilt and not original (courtesy of the destructive plundering of French troops many moons ago) but I was still excited to see how the emperor’s spent their summer h ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Olympic Park

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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