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The Summer Palace was rebuilt by Empress Cixi after it was razed during the second opium war. She was the Marie Antioinette of China. Using tons of labor and money to build to opulent palace.

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Summer Palace

October 7th 2006
My week long vacation has come to an end. It has been really good. I walked around Tianamen saw the famous restaruant streets, and bar street and embassies. Went to the American hospital and know how to get there and saw a Doctor so I feel good that if I get sick again I will not die in China. I went shopping and saw the Summer Palace all in all a very good vacation. I have to continually remin ... 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

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