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  1. The Qing Emperor, Qing Qianlong, in the mid-1800's, commissioned Jesuits in his court to design and construct European-styled buildings at the old Summer Palace to create a new "Garden of Perfect Brightness". The result was a complex of buildings and beautified grounds which was said to resemble Versailles, France, in...

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        December 27, 2012
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  2. The ruins at Yuanmingyuan Park are the result of European actions during the Second Opium War (1860) when the "Garden of Perfect Brightness" (also known as the old Summer Palace) was ransacked and burned in search of treasures believed to be stored there. The grounds and buildings before the plundering were said to re...

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