tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962291562389601366.post8587276362412944212..comments2023-10-24T19:08:30.930+08:00Comments on Rightways: Yuanmingyuan, Beijing's Old Summer Palace marks 150 anniversary of lootingrighwayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150938067127325366noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962291562389601366.post-81739206139555661492010-10-19T12:34:41.098+08:002010-10-19T12:34:41.098+08:00The barbaric acts committed by British-French sold...The barbaric acts committed by British-French soldiers during the 2nd Opium Wars and the aggressive Western's Eight-Power Allied Forces against China! These were and are their human rights if any.<br /><br /> Yuanmingyuan is renowned throughout the world for its fabled charms and association with Chinese modern history. Extolled as the "Garden of Gardens" and the "Versailles of the East" during its heyday. However, the Anglo-French forces sacked and looted Yuanmingyuan and burned it to the ground in October 1860. From then on, the garden suffered continual damage at the hands of the warlords, bandits, and the Eight-Power Allied Forces.righwayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150938067127325366noreply@blogger.com