Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

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November 28th 2009
Fry up for breakfast, first in a long time. We were right next to the forbidden city so went looking. People were fighting outside to offer to be our tour guide; offering business cards, also a lot of people were asking for money, massive cultural difference to Japan. Once inside it wasnt much different either, we had to pay a much higher entrance fee than locals which was odd, and the complete l ... 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