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Report: China palace Starbucks may close (AP)
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:09:49 GMT | Yahoo! News
AP - Managers of China's vast Forbidden City palace are deciding whether to close a Starbucks outlet on its grounds after protests led by a state TV personality, a news report said Thursday.
China palace Starbucks may close - Joe McDonald
| China Digital Times
From Associated Press, via Yahoo! News: Managers of China's vast Forbidden City palace are deciding whether to close a Starbucks outlet on its grounds after protests led by a state TV personality, a news report said Thursday. The Forbidden...
Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:34:12 -0500 | Beijing Visitor Olympics 2008
Forbidden City
The Forbidden City, otherwise known as the Palace Museum, is one of the must-see sights in Beijing. With a total of 9999.5 rooms (because only heaven could have 10,000 rooms) and an area of over 720,000 square metres, it was the Imperial residence during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It is a UNESCO world heritage site, and a powerful national symbol which appears on the official seal of the PRC.
Construction of the Palace began around 1407, during the reign of Yongle, the third Emperor of the Ming dynasty. It is thought that up to a million workers may have been coerced into working on the palace?s construction. It was inhabited by more than 20 Emperors, and during that time built up an incredible collection of treasures and artwork. The palace was burnt to the ground when the Manchus stormed it in 1644, and has been comprehensively looted on several occasions in its history but there?s still plenty to see.
The name ?forbidden city? is a translation of one of the Chinese terms for it- ???- Z?j?nch
IHG signs 125th hotel in China
Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:36:18 +0000 | China Economic Review Hotel News
IHG Asia Pacific will be opening the Crowne Plaza Sun Palace Beijing in early 2008. This takes its portfolio of hotels in China to 125 hotels ? 65 in operation and an additional 60 in the development pipeline. Crowne Plaza Sun Palace Beijing is being developed by Yunnan Metropolitan Construction and will be managed by IHG. [...]
Nepal's palace denies report of king's planned abdication - Yahoo! News
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 05:20:00 +0000 | Newsvina Asia
Nepal's royal palace has denied a report that embattled King Gyanendra was planning to abdicate and leave the country after being stripped of most of his powers.
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