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An ongoing topic - click here for most recent post A little bit of reading material and graphical interaction for those who are interested - from the SCMP The Palace Museum By the South China Morning Post graphics team CHAPTER 1 The origins of Beijing’s Forbidden City Sculpting mountains A total of 29,000 cubic metres (1 million square feet) of mud was excavated for the moat and used to build a protective hill. According to Feng shui principles, this hill - Jingshan Hill, also known as Prospect Hill - restored the balance between water and earth
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This story is in the SCMP today. The story of the Empress Dowager is a long and complicated one and had a major effect on Chinese history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, leading up to China's Last Emperor Puyi, who was selected by Cixi on her deathbed. Rather than try to summarize it, I'll just try to point out some interesting points, and leave the article for you to read, if you're interested. A dowager is defined as "a widow holding property or a title from her deceased husband". In particular, an Empress Dowager is one who has retained the power behind the throne, while her infant son is ruling as a figurehead Emperor. As in the case of Cixi, they are sometimes able to retain power for much longer, including controlling the rules of succession to the throne. The woman who ‘ruled’ China: what you didn’t know about Empress Dowager Cixi The former concubine, who effectively controlled country during late Qing dynasty for nearly five decades, still divides opinion 109 years after her death
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from the Smithsonianmag This Taiwanese Museum Just Digitized Its Massive Collection of Chinese Art 70,000 images are available for download via the National Palace Museum’s website
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I heard that there was flooding in the streets of Nanning a few days ago. I wonder if the rains, and flooding caused this problem: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36375726 Googled "Rongxian county" and Wiki says that it is near Yulin. Danb Here is another video of the building collapse I just found on the net: This one is just a little longer.
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I have "no more free articles this month" (apparently the "month" resets sometime around the 8th or so), but you may be able to access the article
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Forbidden City unveils mascots http://p2.img.cctvpic.com/photoworkspace/contentimg/2014/11/24/2014112415081664562.jpg 'Zhuangzhuang' and 'Meimei'
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In case anyone is planning a trip to Beijing in the near future - China's Forbidden City implements Monday closure
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They had a lot of visitors when I was there http://i33.tinypic.com/rs7zp2.jpg http://i33.tinypic.com/f0cidt.jpg http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnough...ndChannel=10278 Download here: http://www.beyondspaceandtime.org/FCBSTWeb/web/index.html
