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Community Voices: Spring
The snow is still falling in Beijing, where these photos were taken by explore.org fan Sophie.
Did you know? Beijing’s latitude is between DC and New York?. Explore more of this amazing city, visit the giant pandas in China, and send us your “spring” photos at feedback@explore.org.
Take time to stop and smell the flowers in China this Sunday. This flowering tree overlooks Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Did you know? - Over history, Beijing has been called Peking, i, Yanjing, Guangyang, Youzhou, Fanyang, Nanjing, Zhongdu, Dadu (Daidu), Khanbaliq (Cambaluc) and Beiping.
Frommer’s travel guide says this capital of China is a city “of exhilarating extremes with its glittering skyscrapers, mazy hutongs and enigmatic Forbidden City — nowhere is China’s rapid progress and rich imperial history more tangible.”
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