It's all about The Forbidden City! 011

It's all about The Forbidden City!

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January 18th 2011
Well it is our New Year’s day in China – so what else should you do but start the year doing something amazing with your family. And when you live only 30 minutes away from a place as amazing as the Forbidden City, I wondered why it had taken me 2 months to go. It was another clear blue sky day (a balmy minus 12 degrees) in Beijing on the first day of 2011 when David (our driver) dropped us at ... 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