Summer Palace

Pretty in summer, icy in winter. Kind of like a Versaille or maybe a Camp David, Emperors used this retreat location to escape the harsh "concrete" of the Forbidden City.

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BEIJING RECOLLECTIONS

January 1st 2007
Like the muted memories of a honeymoon, our Beijing experiences reverberate through my mind in a jumble of sounds, sights, stories, and reflections. Dry from the winds blowing off the Gobi desert, Beijing is deceptively cold. The countryside seems foreign to a Michiganian accustomed to seeing snow without ice frozen waterways. Here, all water is frozen yet the ground is brown and dry. I’m ... 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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