Allen and Bao

Tiananmen Square

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August 6th 2010
So what is Tiananmen square like? Well, it is like standing in, pretty much, a big square, in fact the largest central square in the world. Chairman Mao's photo forms the backdrop of one side of the square (which is the iconic image that you see generally whenever you see photos of the square), on the opposite side is Chairman Mao himself, preserved and available for viewing to Chinese (don't know ... 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