Forbidden City

Beijing

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February 10th 2012
We just returned from a full day touring Beijing. We started at the Temple of Heaven. The grounds were full of people, mostly elderly, doing Thai Chi, fan dancing hackey sacking, line dancing, card playing, chess....David said many of the elderly come everyday to exercise and enjoy the company of their friends. The temple itself was beautiful. We carried on to Tian'anmen Square which was teemi ... read more

Asia » China

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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