Summer Palace, Beijing

October 8th 2006
Summary: The (new) Summer Palace also called Yiheyuan in Chinese is essentially eightteen century. The Manchu Emperor Qianlong built this palace during his emperorship in 1736 - 1795. But the Yiheyuan is the most associated with the Empress Dowager Cixi. Cixi was and is the most powerfull woman China has ever known. She ruled over the fast disintegrating Chinese empire from 1861 until her death in ... 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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