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Your key to the Forbidden City and other tips for visiting Beijing's landmarks

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Yogyakarta: With its interesting and tasteful assortment of batiks (the characteristic fabric of the country) and knick-knacks, it's a one-stop-shop for souvenirs. Hundreds of street stalls on Jl Malioboro, and within Pasar Beringharjo are good for low-priced batiks, but often compromising quality. Yogyakarta is also famous for silver, and Jl Kemesan in Kota Gede, is the central hub of silversmiths' studios and shops.

Park Life: Beijing is not short of parks with elegant pagodas and historical gates, but forget that… Tania McCartney finds some parks based on pure, unadulterated fun

Bada Hutong :It happened here: Just north of Dazhalan and south of Qianmen, is Bada Hutong - literally the eight big hutongs - formerly Beijing's largest red light district.

Beijing Botanical Gardens: Puyi's final Pastime

Secret City: Matteo Ricci‘s Tomb: A very old China hand

Hutong demolition: Beijing's move towards modernity comes at a price...

South Beijing: Temples of heaven, cranes of hell

Becoming a eunuch: Time Out takes a look at the excruciating process by which the emperor's eunuchs were separated from their 'crown jewels'...

The Centre: Welcome to the historic heart of the universe...

Cosmology and garden design: Decoding the Chinese garden...

The North-west: Join the emperors and escape to the hills...

Traditional Beijing Street life: Escape to the back streets...

Houhai & the North: From the ramshackle old-world charm of Houhai to the sleek modernity of the Olympic developments, a journey up from central to north Beijing is a journey through time..

Canal boat trips: There are worse ways to explore the city than on Beijing's traditional canals, Time Out discovers

Chinese holiday photos: Why is it that Chinese tourists are so snap-happy? Time Out explains...

Financial district: Where flow the old canals and the new money...

Chaoyang district: If capitalism is Beijing‘s new passion, then Chaoyang is its heart...