Foreign Legation Quarter (1)

Like being back in Europe

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August 26th 2010
Hi all, So today we went to visit the Chairman Mao memorial hall. What a queue!!!! 1 hour of queuing for 2 seconds inside. No pictures of Mao as we were not allowed to take cameras or bags inside. Mao lays inside a crystal coffin covered with a soviet flag. There was a light shining down onto his face but it seemed as if he was lit from the inside rather weird. After we decided to take a walk a ... 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