The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

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March 27th 2012
parker Today we went to Forbidden city,it was very big. We took lots of pictues, it was very interesting to see really different buildings and we got to see inside of some of them. After we finished at the city we went to the silk market to go shopping we bought lots of things the thing I liked the most were the magic tricks, I got 5. At the silk market we had another hot pot lunch. Af ... 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