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...that Tui bei tu, a banned 7th century prophecy book about China which has been compared to the work of Nostradamus, became a bestseller in the 1990s?
...that traditional Chinese phoenixes in carved reliefs of the Qianling Mausoleum are modeled on ostriches?
...that Bailin Temple (inner yard pictured) in Beijing was not pillaged by Anglo-French forces in 1860 or by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900 because of the superstitious fear that Tibetan Buddhism inspired in the invaders?

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