Insight Pocket Guides Beijing (Insight Pocket Guides)
Publisher: Apa Productions
Published: September 1994
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9780395699614
First sentence: The well-worn image of Chairman Mao standing on Tiananmen Gate (Gate of Heavenly Peace) and proclaiming the founding of the People's Republic of China, is symbolic of Beijing's history the city's rise has been violent and uncertain.