Great Hall of the People

This is where the National Congress of the People convenes. It also houses various official departments and is used to receive political delegations from overseas.

#16 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College-Backpacking in Beijing - Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City

July 3rd 2006
With so much to see and only five days in which to see it, I decided to concentrate on one major site each day. However, this day, the close proximity of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City to each other allowed me to experience both without spending hours crossing from one part of the city to another. First stop Tiananmen Square, symbolic and political heart of Beijing and site of numerous ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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

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