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Beijing- The other great sights

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July 7th 2007
So comes the last day of my planned trip through China with Imaginative Traveller. Today again was to prove a tuff one. We set out to Tinanmen Square, The Forbidden City and The Summer Palace. Tinanmen square is by far the largest square in the world encompassing the main building for China including 'The great Hall Of The People', 'Chairman Mao's Memoral Hall' and 'The Momument To The People'. ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Forbidden City

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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