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Published: October 8th 2021
We arrive in Beijing late afternoon and check-in at our final hotel of the tour. The tour ends after two nights and I've decided to spend 1 additional night here before heading home. In the evening, we visit the Red Theatre, to see The Legend of Kungfu show. This is my favourite show I've seen in China. There is no speaking, just Kungfu with acrobatics. The show is an infusion of modern dance with...
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Dancing Dave
David Hooper
Beijing
You really managed to pack in a lot of major sites in Beijing in such a short time, Alan...well done! Yet just a smidgeon of what Beijing has to offer. During the Opium Wars in the 19th Century the foreign Allied armies gave the Chinese an ultimatum that they would destroy one of the major sites if their demands were not met. The Forbidden City was on the list. That you saw it in the 21st Century is testament to good fortune that the dice did not fall on its destruction back then.