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Běijīng Sights

Underground City

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Lonely Planet review for Underground City

In 1969, Mao decided Beijing needed an underground labyrinth where he could send the population (all five million of them) in the event of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Combat-clad guides (most with basic English) now give 20-minute tours through the subterranean trenches.

 

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