Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum

Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, Ming Tombs, Presidential Palace

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December 24th 2010
The day after visiting the CPU students, we woke up early for a busy day of touring. First we visited Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum. This was my 3rd visit to Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum and nothing has changed. The ice cream stand where I tasted my first red bean ice cream bar was still there. It was a very cold day with periods of light rain. We walked all the way up to the top of the mausoleum and bac ... 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