Tourists besiege Palace moat with trash
By Zheng Xin | China Daily | Updated: 2013-02-27 07:16
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Litter dropped by tourists, mostly plastic packaging, dots the surface of the moat surrounding the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is difficult to clear the trash as the moat is half-frozen. Hou Shaoqing / for China Daily |
The moat that served as the last defense of Chinese emperors since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is now under attack - by trash.
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