forbidden city

www.jingdaily.com — Running through January 9, 2012, the exhibition includes around 130 artifacts from Beijing’s Forbidden City, ranging from jade carvings, lacquerware, seals, porcelain and bronzes to personal items previously owned by Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors.

chinahopelive.net — My sister’s backpacking all over Asia this summer and I meet her at the Beijing airport. We’re gonna hit Tiananmen Square and the cheap parts of the Forbidden City before heading to Tianjin. The problem is she’s got two of her boyfriend’s souvenirs in her backpack: a lighter that looks like a handgun and brass knuckles.

www.borrowedculture.com — The Forbidden City was large, it was cold, and it certainly left a bad taste in my mouth. Nothing better to cure such maladies than a true Peking Duck Lunch! Duck Webbing is not for the faint of heart.

www.npr.org — One hundred years ago Friday, a crime was committed behind the imposing oxblood-red walls of Beijing's Forbidden City. It was the ultimate crime: the murder of an emperor. But it remained a rumor or had been covered up. Until now. He was just 38 years old at the time of his death. He had been the victim of a palace coup following political differences with his aunt, the Empress Dowager Cixi.

news.imagethief.com — Cultural purity or commercial opportunity?
As Wil says....
As the epitome of the considerate foreign resident, Imagethief is sensitive to the need to preserve China's cultural heritage. That's why I do not deface monuments or ridicule the metropolitan statuary (excessively) and why I did not fart loudly when visiting Mao's mausoleum.