Tiananmen Gate

Tiananmen Gate as seen from behind. In a later blog entry I will post a photo of it from the front, which is the famous view of that gate...

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Bejing 2016 part I - Forbidden City

July 1st 2016
With 14 million visitors each year the Forbidden City is not so forbidden anymore Last year Ake's mother, Britt-Marie, turned 70. Ake's birthday gift to her was a week in Beijing. Emma could not come along on this journey so Britt-Marie and Ake went by themselves. Here is the first blog entry from this trip and it is about our visit to the Palace Museum or, as it is better known a ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Forbidden City

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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