Thursday, January 01, 2009

Beautiful and authentic Qianlong Emperor's Retirement Palace restored in Beijing -- from New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/31/arts/design/20090101_FORBIDDEN_index.html

Nothing like the stupid and downright destructive "restorations" done by the junta in Bagan (spelled "Pagan" before) in Burma --

NYT--being deported back to country they fled--can--

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/26/magazine/us-immigration-family-deportation-colombia.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us