Wangfujin street, some kind of Champ élisée street

Beijing, the old north capital !

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February 19th 2013
Beijing...The forbidden city, the great wall, the Tian'anmen place...A lot of famous places! We arrived by the airport, we took the subway, it cost around 3€ to go to the city centre, very affordable ! The metro inside the city just cost 2 yuans (0,25€) ! It's very cheap, and you can change of metro until you go out ! The streets are just huge, and most of the time, you don't ... 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