Beijing City Tours & Short China Tours out of Beijing

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Luxuries from China's Forbidden City to travel US
BEIJING, China - Deep in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City and up a twisting stairway are four sets of twin doors, shut for more than eight decades. They reveal rare sweeping views to the north, south, east and west above the golden-tiled rooftops of the imperial palace.

High-speed rail to benefit China, at a cost WB
BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters) China's construction of a vast high-speed rail network will bequeath it one of the world's most advanced rail industries, but it needs to monitor the debts it is running up in the process, the World Bank said. China plans to build 13,000 km (8,078 miles) of high-speed rail lines by 2012, more than the rest of the world combined. The Beijing-Shanghai line due to open ...

Beijing urges Manila to free 80 detained Chinese miners
The Chinese government yesterday urged the Philippines to free 80 Chinese miners who are being detained at their worksite amid an investigation into alleged illegal mining and mineral smuggling.

Luxuries from China's Forbidden City to Travel to the United States
Nancy Berliner, curator of Chinese art and culture at the Peabody, reacts near a restored panel at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. A collection of thrones, large-scale paintings and decor of one of China's most powerful leaders is leaving the country for the first time.

GETTING AWAY
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