The entrance to the Forbidden City complex

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Beijing One : Tourists, Trains, Snobbery and Silk Markets

July 2nd 2011
Eighteen hours on a train, one way, for a three day trip seems, even I will admit, a little odd. Given that the delay we had, thanks to a huge storm on the way back, brought the total travelling time to forty hours - far more than half the time we were there - it looks even more strange. It is, however, just one of the things that you need to accept if you want to visit anywhere other than the cit ... 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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