Tiananmen Square

Beijing - day 2

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October 17th 2009
We had to get up at 4.30am for the early start for the 3 hr bus drive into Beijing. Unlike yesterday, today was very sunny, with blue skies and a nice 20 degrees. First stop was at Tiananmen Square. It’s big wide and open about 800m x 500m that attracts about 1M visitors per day. The parliament faces the square on one side and handles some 10,000 visitors and it sits once a month. Ex chairman M ... 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