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			<h1><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dashila Jie </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">大栅栏街</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
					Goubuli </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">狗不理</font></h1>
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							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The figures in front of Goubuli </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">狗不理</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (gǒu bù lǐ) illustrate a story. Yuan Shikai </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">袁世凯</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Yuán Shìkǎi) who was highly placed in the Chinese military during the late Qing Dynasty, visited Tianjin and tried the baozi </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">包子</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (bāozi).  He brought back take-out to the Dowager Empress Cixi </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">慈禧</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (Cí Xǐ) as a gift.  She instantly declared them to be delicious and Goubuli became even more famous.  </font>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The twist on the story involves the characters involved. The Dowager Empress Cixi ruled China as regent for her sons and made sure they never achieved power. She was, for all purposes, the Empress. She died in 1908, so never saw that her baozi came from the man who almost succeeded in establishing a new dynasty to replace hers. </font></p>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In the Revolution of 1911 that overthrew the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">袁世凯</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, who had never participated in the democracy movement of Sun Yat-sen, used his military might and political guile to take advantage of the turmoil. Yuan Shikai became the first President of the Republic of China, and later tried for the title of Emperor. This was not a great beginning for a republic. Moral of the story: Watch out for generals bearing baozi.</font></p>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The baozi that Cixi is holding is loose, so you can play with it as my friend illustrates.</font></p>
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