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Playing tourist on his first visit ever to China, President Barack Obama drew a chilly comparison between the Chinese capital and his Illinois hometown.
China's capital was wrapped in tight security Wednesday as police blocked off Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and other popular tourist landmarks ahead of a massive military parade marking 60 years of communist rule.
In between dispatching armies to secure the empire and building China into the richest country in the world, the Qianlong Emperor commissioned a retirement home for himself in the Forbidden City palace.
The doors of the Forbidden City hadn't yet opened to tourists Saturday morning when Laura Bush arrived for a tour — one of the highlights of what is expected to be her final official visit to Asia as first lady.
Managers of China's vast Forbidden City palace are deciding whether to close a Starbucks outlet on its grounds after protests led by a state TV personality, a news report said Thursday.
Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne (and the concubine who became China's last empress)History can be a slippery substance, particularly when it comes to personalities. A century after the death of China's last and most famous empress, Cixi, the story of her life and reign remains veiled by varying versions of the truth.
On Thursday, January 16th, we visited the Summer Palace and the Forbidden City. It is an almost surreal experience driving to these sites.
Forbidden City Starbucks replacedA traditional Chinese cafe has opened up in Beijing's Forbidden City, replacing a Starbucks coffee shop that was forced to shut after protests.
Starbucks closes coffeehouse in Beijing's Forbidden CityStarbucks has closed a coffeehouse in China's former imperial palace, the company said, ending a presence that prompted protests by Chinese critics who said it damaged a major historical site.
Starbucks faces eviction from the Forbidden CityOne of the most incongruous sights of the globalised age - the Starbucks coffee shop inside Beijing's Forbidden City - could soon be a thing of the past after a furious online campaign for it to be relocated outside the palace's 600-year-old walls.
Starbucks exits the Forbidden City Starbucks closed its store in Beijing's Forbidden City on Friday after months of controversy over the U.S. coffee-shop chain doing business there.
Forbidden City Starbucks closesA Starbucks coffee shop operating on the historic site of Beijing's Forbidden City has closed down after huge protests.
Forbidden City in ChinaNice travel article with a stunning picture of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
Vandal damages China's iconic Mao portraitBEIJING - A vandal damaged the giant portrait of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong that hangs over the Forbidden City on Saturday, prompting police to clear the area and adjacent Tiananmen Square, witnesses said.
Why tech leaders think Second Life could be a gold mineFortune's David Kirkpatrick reports on why IBM's Sam Palmisano and other tech leaders think Second Life could be a gold mine.
Chinese in a froth about Forbidden City Starbucks A Starbucks that occupies a tiny corner of the Forbidden City faces closure after a television host stirred up an online backlash against the presence of a foreign shop in the former home of China's emperors.
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