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Scruffy Peasants and Forbidden Forbidden City

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March 17th 2014
Geo: 39.9224, 116.397Last night when planning for a trip to the Forbidden City we noticed on the web site that it is closed on Mondays, this is a new arrangement introduced on 1st Jan and not mentioned in either of our guide books. So the Forbidden City is forbidden on Mondays!It was fortunate we saw it otherwise we would have travelled into town, gone through all the security wondering why it ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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