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For 500 years, most people could never enter this walled city in China

At the heart of Beijing stands the Forbidden City, a vast palace complex that served as the centre of imperial China for centuries. Built to project power, control and hierarchy, it functioned as a self-contained world where emperors ruled, families lived and ceremonies shaped political life. Today, the former imperial…

The Economic Times · Jun 2

The Forbidden City: Inside China's largest imperial palace complex, a hidden empire within a city for 500 years

The Forbidden City: Inside China's largest imperial palace complex, a hidden empire within a city for 500 years

At the centre of Beijing sits a place that once functioned as a city within a city. From above, the Forbidden City appears orderly and measured, enclosed by walls and surrounded by water. On the ground, however, it reveals something more complicated: a carefully managed world designed to organise power,…

The Times of India · Jun 1

Dressing visitors in ancient China's imperial splendor is booming in Beijing

Dressing visitors in ancient China's imperial splendor is booming in Beijing

Studios near the Forbidden City in Beijing are transforming visitors into empresses from ancient China as young people explore a revival of traditional culture

The Independent UK · May 31

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Discovering China Beyond the Crowds: Hidden Gems and Best Places to Visit in China

For many travelers, China is often reduced to a checklist of iconic landmarks—the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the neon skyline of Shanghai.

There should be a place for Australian art – and artists – in China-Australia diplomacy

On the wall to the left of the door to the central hall of the National Museum of China, Beijing, is a panel saying it works “under the guidance of Xi Jinping thought on culture”. Across Tiananmen Square in front of the museum is the gateway to the Forbidden City,…

The Conversation · Jun 24, 2024

AP PHOTOS: Crowds bundle up to take snowy photos of Beijing's imperial-era architecture

Throngs of people in down parkas and boots climbed a hill that overlooks the Forbidden City this week to jostle with others trying to get a shot of the snow-covered roofs of the former imperial palace.

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

'Fragile Cargo' chronicles the quest to save China's Forbidden City treasures from war

A book recounts how precious works of art thousands of years old were taken to safety as Japan began its invasion of China in the 1930s — a part of China's history largely unknown outside Asia.

WEKU · Jul 15, 2023

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