Forbidden City

Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City

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March 22nd 2017
Geo: 39.9165, 116.391In our final day in Beijing we had two good stops. The first stop was the Forbidden City. Considered one of the man-made wonders of the world (along with the Great Wall), it's considered the largest palatial palace in the world. It is huge. Building after building cover 720,000 square meters. The last stop was Tian'anmen square. The site of the student protests ... 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