The Forbidden City at one end of Tiananmen Square. It was was the Chinese Imperial Palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. |
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The Great Hall of the People, where the Chinese practice freedom of speech. If that's true, I must support that team from Cleveland. |
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Monument in front of Mao's Mausoleum in Tiananmen Square. | |
The Monument to the People's Heroes in the middle of Tiananmen Square. Do they mean the people who died unnecessarily during the Cultural Revolution or those heroes who were murdered in 1989 while demonstrating peacefully? |
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Zhengyang Gate. | |
Monument in front of Mao's Mausoleum in Tiananmen Square | |
Monument in front of Mao's Mausoleum in Tiananmen Square | |
A stadium that everyone recognises now. | |
Wangfujing - the modern shopping area of Beijing. | |
You will quite often come across men playing board games in the streets. Probably gambling as well - hence the nervous look. | |