Shanghai Propaganda Poster Center
Tucked away in the basement level of a nondescript apartment building, the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Museum is a remarkable private museum dedicated to documenting the collective spirit of Chinese communism as depicted on thousands upon th...
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Xuanwu Lake (Nanjing)
Hugging an impressive stretch of Nanjing's ancient city walls on its western shore, its eastern shore graced with beautifully landscaped grounds, Xuanwu Hu (Xuanwu Lake) surrounds a set of charming garden islets connected by causeways, all...
Nanjing City Wall (Nanjing)
After accomplishing the modest feat of founding the Ming Dynasty more than 600 years ago, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was apparentlystill unsatisfied with his achievements andcommissioned a grandiose wall to protect China's new capital city of Na...
Shaoshan
More attraction photosReview it!Add to My Guide Shaoshan, 100 km southwest of Changsha, is a mountain village with some fairly beautiful and birth place of the oft-lamented Mao Zedong. The village is adorned with propaganda, loudspeakers bl...
Shanghai Propaganda Poster Cent
Tucked away in the basement level of a nondescript apartment building, the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Museum is a remarkable private museum dedicated to documenting the collective spirit of Chinese communism as depicted on thousands upon th...
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Terracotta Warriors
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Lingyin Temple
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Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge
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Summer Palace
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Longhua Temple
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Nanjing City Wall (Nanjing)
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Chengde Summer Palace
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