Forbidden City

Forbidden

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October 25th 2010
Forbidden City today. The scale of this place is hard to absorb. 9999.5 rooms (only heaven can have 10000), 1km long and 700m wide. Can't wait to get home and watch "The Last Emperor" again. Sir Reginald Johnston taught the last emperor in the 1920's. Today I thought about him arriving at the city for the first time. He like all those of this time must have been completely awestruck by the sheer s ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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