Beijing Day 3 9B074553-1CF3-4BDA-8FB2-27AAE43FEA08.

Beijing Day 3

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October 16th 2018
Today was my last full day in Beijing and it turned out to be the best one. I liked the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, but they were both very crowded and I felt as though I didn’t get to see everything because of the press of people. Today I started out in Tiananmen Square, which reportedly can hold one million people, so even though there were plenty of tour groups, it didn’t feel too ... 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