Fu 1039 restaurant

Beijing to shanghai

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March 24th 2014
Geo: 39.9165, 116.391We had an early breakfast today as we had a plane to catch, so straight after breakfast, we got a taxi to Tiannamen Square, on Mondays, the Forbidden City is closed, but it was still very busy on the roads as it was peak hour traffic. We were dropped near the entrance of the Forbidden City and we were able to walk through to the middle and then around the park, back to Tian ... 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