Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City

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October 28th 2009
Our final full day in Beijing we had reserved for Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. They weren’t far from where we were staying and it was only two stops via metro to get there. Tiananmen Square is a really really REALLY big square. It looks big on TV and in pictures but the full scale of it doesn’t hit you until you’re standing in it and it seems to stretch on forever. Other than tha ... 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