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I guess we beat them up the stairs!

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Summer Palace and Tianamen Square at Night

July 4th 2009
Summer Palace is quoted as "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value." As the largest and seemingly best-preserved imperial garden in China, I would have to agree. Construction of the Summer P ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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
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