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Princess Der Ling: Two Years in the Forbidden City

Two years in the Forbidden City is largely a reminiscence of the minutiae of life for one of history’s most powerful women, by one of her court attendants, a Manchu noble’s daughter by the name of Der Ling.

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Statistics authorities explain why everyone is getting richer in the bad economy

Beijing Morning Post: Did national incomes rise 12.9% last year? The National Bureau of Statistics explains how it came up with its numbers.

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The Crystal Palace

Geremie Barmé, scholar, filmmaker and author of a new book The Forbidden City, tells the story of one of the strangest buildings inside Beijing’s imperial palace.

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Beijing beauty

Photos of Beijing.

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