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  2. History of the Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    View of the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park. The Forbidden City was first built in the early-15th century as the palace of the Ming emperors of China. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, and was the Chinese imperial palace from the early-Ming dynasty in 1420 to the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912, continuing to be home of the last emperor, Puyi, until 1924, since then it has been ...

  3. Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    The Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924.

  4. List of websites blocked in mainland China - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Firewall Test - Instantly test if a URL is blocked by the Great Firewall of China in real time. Tests for both symptoms of DNS poisoning and HTTP blocking from a number of locations within mainland China. China Firewall Test - Test if any domain is DNS poisoned in China in real-time. DNS poisoning is one way in which websites can be ...

  5. Censorship of YouTube - Wikipedia

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    In cases where the entire site is banned due to one particular video, YouTube will often agree to remove or limit access to that video in order to restore service. [1] As of September 2012, countries with standing national bans on YouTube include China, Iran, and Turkmenistan.

  6. Talk:List of websites blocked in mainland China - Wikipedia

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    I was in China in October, 2007, and I was able to access YouTube in Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Shanghai. I was in Xi'an on the October, 15 and YouTube was accessible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.214.34.206 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 25 July 2008 (UTC) So YouTube is not blocked in China?

  7. Eunuchs in China - Wikipedia

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    Castration as a legal punishment was banned at the end of the reign of the first Ming emperor, Ming Taizu. [56] [64] Huai'en (died in 1488) was originally surnamed Dai (戴) and born in Shandong's Gaomi city. He was forced to become a eunuch and was castrated as a young boy because his father and other members of the Dai family who worked as ...

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  9. Television censorship - Wikipedia

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    For nearly the entire history of television production, certain televisions have been banned by television censorship or review organizations for political or moral reasons or for controversial content, such as racism, copyright violation, and underage immorality. Censorship standards vary widely by country, and can vary within an individual ...