Category: China
a) Standing on line – Sad to say, not all Parisians accept the idea that a line is a place where one person stands behind another in order of …
To Lianhua (Lotus) Cave Lake Gantang Hu in the city centre covers an area of 18ha/44 acres and receives its water from springs on Mount Lushan. The lake is …
The Han Dynasty which followed had no choice but to adopt the institutions created by the Qin, but the Han rulers chose to take a less provocative stance and …
I’ve already mentioned the Parc de la Villette (Metro: Porte de Pantin, Line 5) briefly in the sections on the Canal Saint-Martin (n° 8) and Movies (n° 30). Just …
The Opium War struck the first fateful blow to the Qing Dynasty. The 1839-42 British had imported opium from India into China in order to equalise the trade balance …
In the Cultural Park (Wenhua Gongyuan) in the west of the town stands the Qinyang Gong old Taoist Qinyang Temple, which dates from the Tang period (618-907). The present …
Are you a runner? Serious or occasional? In any case, the Nike store at 67, avenue des Champs-Elysees, Paris 8 (Metro: George Y Line 1; Franklin Roosevelt, Lines 1, …
You may well be familiar with Hector Guimard’s graceful Art Nouveau wrought iron structures that grace the entrances to many metro stations. I’d like to offer a glimpse at …