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Made in China - Forbidden City and Harmony Park

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September 16th 2013
We sleep in, but with a 10am start that’s ok. Ky and I get our sporty gear on and ignore numerous ‘What on earth are they doing’ looks as we run out the hotel, find our way down through back alleys to the roads that circle the Forbidden City’s moat. It’s a difficult run, with pedestrian traffic as unpredictable as the road, and along Bei Chang Jie the footpath is being rebuilt with large ... 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