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Gate of Heavenly Peace

Gate of Heavenly Peace

Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

Chairman Mao himself is said to have surveyed Beijing from atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace and announced he wanted "the sky to be filled with smokestacks."

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