Shanghai7 across China 2008

Arrival in Beijing's new airport, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City

Bus 5!

The Emperess Dowager Cixi - aka, The Dragon Lady.  These were her quarters though I gather she spent much of her time in the Summer Palace.  She was a major force behind the throne till her death in 1908  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Cixi