the Last Emperor
January 8th 2007 We came to Changchun for one reason only: to see the palace of Puyi, the famous "Last Emperor" of China who's life has been the feature of several books and an academy-award winning movie. I read the book on which the movie is based shortly before we left on the trip, which I highly recommend.
Puyi became the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in 1908, before he had even reached his 3rd birthda
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