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Forbidden City, Rickshaw, Kung Fu

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June 1st 2013
For our first full day in Beijing, we head off to the Summer Palace, where Chinese Emperors use to spend their summers. The Palace surrounded the Kunming Lake and offered amazing views of Chinese architecture. The Summer Palace is also home to the world’s longest corridor (apparently listed in the Gennis world record book, yet to be confirmed). After snapping more pics we boarded yet another b ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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