Beijing
October 13th 2008 We arrived in Beijing shortly after sunrise to find the smog had lifted and the sun was shining brightly in a brilliant blue sky. After leaving our bags at the hotel we set off for Tianannmen Square. Have I mentioned that China has a lot of people? It seemed that most of them had arrived in Beijing to visit Mao's tomb - the queue to enter the building was hours long and the square was crowded with
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