Insight Pocket Guide Beijing (Insight Pocket Guides Beijing)
Edition: 3 Pap/Map edition
Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishers
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781585731572
Subjects: Travel; Travel - Foreign; Asia - China
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.