Insight Pocket Guides Beijing (Insight Pocket Guides)
Edition: Book&Map edition
Publisher: Apa Productions
Published: December 1996
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780395819425
Subjects: Asia - China; Asia - General; Travel; Travel - Foreign
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.