The old railway station

The old railway station in the southern end of the square. It was built in the early 20th century. The trains stopped going to the station a long time ago but the station building is still there. I like it because it looks out of place.

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Beijing 2016 part III - a bit of this and that

July 5th 2016
From Tiananmen Square via the Marco Polo Bridge to an apartment I used to live in In the previous two blogs (click here or here if you wish to read them) from the trip my mother and I did to Beijing I have covered several great historical places. N ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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