We went with a travel group to China. Our Korean Air flight from LA, via Seoul, landed in China's capital city sometime during the morning. The tour guide met the group, 30 of us, after we collected our baggage and cleared immigration. We boarded a bus and proceeded through the crowded streets to Tiananmen Square. As we walked across the huge area, he explained to us that the Chinese government doesn't like the guides, or anyone else for that matter, talking about the three Ts. These are Taiwan, Tibet, and Tiananmen. Soldiers of the PLA (Peoples Liberation Army), police, and non-uniformed security agents are dispersed throughout the throng of people who wander about the square. The place is massive and very impressive. Chairman Mao's mausoleum sits at one end of the square and there is a
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