Zizhuyuan Park

Beijing

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February 6th 2008
Day 2 On our second day in Beijing, Lea had to sort out her tooth and visited a couple of dentists in the morning. In the afternoon we went for a walk through Haidian district to Zizhuyuan Park. It was quite a pretty setting, and it was good to see people getting out and enjoying the day, even though it's cold and the middle of winter. I liked the bikes and chairs they use to skate aroun ... read more

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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