Inside Wanping

The fortified town of Wanping, situated in front of the bridge, was used as a garrison by the Japanese during their occupation of China in W.W.II

#67 Teaching at Taizhou College, China (Beijing - The Marco Polo Bridge)

January 13th 2007
Some ten miles from Beijing's city center stands the "Lugou Qiao", also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge", named after the famed traveller, who enthusiastically described this enduring, 11-arched bridge in his famous book, "The Travels". The historic significance of this 820 year old bridge is close to the heart of every Chinese, not only for its beauty of the marble-stone construction dating ... 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

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