A Drum and Bell Tower.

This tower is one of the two Drum and Bell towers that guard the old, Imperial City of Beijing.

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November 4th 2012
We got to Beijing (Beijing means "Northern Capital" in Chinese) at 2:00am so we got a taxi quite easily. For some reason the Terminal we landed at, Terminal 2, had a mild stench of rotten eggs. The taxi took us to our first hotel, The Grand Hyatt at Oriental Plaza. On our first day there, it was sunny and ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Dongcheng

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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