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Closing time at Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square is a major tourist attraction located in the heart of Beijing, so you’d thinking finding out the closing time would be easy – but you’d be wrong! Time to pay a visit I visited Tiananmen Square after a […]
Posted in Tourism
Tagged Beijing, China, police, Tiananmen Square, tourism, tourist trap
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Australia and the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
In June 2019 protests broke out over Hong Kong, opposing legislation proposed by the government of Hong Kong, which would allow local authorities to detain and extradite people who are wanted in territories that Hong Kong does not have extradition […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged artwork, Australia, Badiucao, Hong Kong International Airport, Lennon Wall, Melbourne, police, protests, street art
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