Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City by Lillian M. Li, Haili Kong, Alison Dray-Novey

Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City

Lillian M. Li, Haili Kong, Alison Dray-Novey

368 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

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Few world cities have a record as long, as fascinating, or as well-documented as Beijing's. A capital almost continuously for more than a thousand years, the city has been Khubilai Khan's Mongol headquarters, home to emperors of the Ming and Qing ...

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