Forbidden City

Forbidden city and Lama temple

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September 2nd 2014
Today we went back to Tiananmen square, and walked around in the rain. Thankfully there was less rain than last night when we got totally drenched despite waterproofs and umbrellas! After Tiananmen square we went on a tour of the forbidden city, which is really quite impressive. Lots of elaborate buildings and courtyards, but it must have been a really odd place in the past when half the reside ... 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