Unleashed Voices: Beijing’s increasingly Forbidden City / Part I

Xi Jinping, China’s most recent emperor, reaches deep into his nation’s past for a new lease on an ancient kingdom…A stroll down The Imperial Way 2023….back to the future. The first of two parts.

By Audrey Ronning Topping

The recent welcome by China’s President Xi Jingping in Beijing to France’s President Emmanuel Macron indicates that China is making every effort to bridge the gap of misunderstanding between East and West. As noted in Andelman Unleashed, the two world leaders met publicly on the steps of The Great Hall of  the People, the equiva…