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Road to the West-Gate of the Forbidden City.  
   

Road to the West-Gate of the Forbidden City.

Morning traffic was still limited, as store-keepers are waiting for the tourists. The merchants and workers are sitting in small old-fashioned "restaurants" to enjoy breakfast of noodles and dumplings.
#82 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Tian'anmen Square, the world's largest city square)

September 1st 2007
The largest inner-city-square in the world, Tian'anmen Square (2,450ft long and 1,650ft wide), in the very heart of China's grand Capitol of Beijing, displays itself on the grandest scale. It is a Square created in recent history, but its foundations are in the heart of every Chinese citizen. With pride for their nation, each Chinese hopes, and makes it a mission, to stand on Tian'anmen's ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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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