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Finally, some views of Beijing at night from "Yin on 12", the bar atop our hotel. No skyscrapers - because there are no buildings allowed to be higher than the Temple of Heaven. Taller buildings are outside the main city, giving a 'bowl-like' structure to Beijing.

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Beijing - Great Wall, and much more

August 19th 2015
A busy day: up early, off to the Great Wall, lunch at Jade Center, home for some secret shopping, meet a colleague for dinner, then get fitted for a suit, then up to the top of the hotel to get some views of night-time Beijing. ... read more

Asia » China » Hebei

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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