A lack of the freedom of the press and corruption we can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans on similar microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. My name is jenny person i work again darling. Beijing china. In the capital of the worlds most populous country the hustle and bustle begins a door. At the heart of the teeming city lies a legend a walled palace of mysterious power so big and so the common man. Behind imposing gateways a world apart. Known through the centuries as the great within. Beijings forbid him city. It is the largest palace complex ever built dedicated to celebrating a sacred lineage Chinas Emperor its known as the psalms off. From a golden frome they acted out the tragedies and trial itself am. I lord over four thousand elite so to share their fast gilded stick. These tiles and stones bare the imprints of empiricism conquered by generals and you ministers and serving names. And their drama has long fall in time. And it haunts still these times called. A vision of symmetry and harmony the forbidden city was born in chaos in the mind of a man who sought to shift the center of the universe. His name was young. In fourteen zero two he wrestled china away from his young nephew claimed himself the third main emperor. To better god his hard won empire this son of heaven moved the capital from the. North. To aside just forty miles from the northern border then he began a barrier to protect the front from rapacious mongol hordes atop existing walls he built the great wall of china. For a time ancient rhythms could reassert themselves china was safe from turmoil within and enemies without. The wise young turned his hand to designing the new fulcrum around which his celestial kingdom would turn. The home of his divine breed the emperors would echo their cosmic status he called it said. Heavenly forbid a city. Before the first towns could be laid your vision would require ten years of Planning Design and stockpiling. The plans call for nearly a thousand buildings halls pavilions called chance and gardens. Offices drafted an army of one million laborers and scoured the empire for the finest craftsman ten thousand in all. In a process unchanged in century of fine clay bricks a home to a precise fit on site. After they have made a journey of more than a thousand miles from the foundry where they are banked. It took twenty million of these bricks to pave the courtyard alone. The palaces themselves are built almost entirely of timber these decorative wooden pillars came from tropical hardwood forests and took up to four years to reach beijing. This magnificently weighs three hundred tums. Twenty thousand men and thousands of. The builders waited for winter. On the roadway and ease their journey on a. Result. Paid off. For. The complex took just three years to build. Mythical creatures took their place on rooftops to ward off from lightning. A new Imperial City a risen china playing. Behind the alps of course guarded by fearsome lions. Ceremonial hot. War his nobles ministers and generals. His divine person. On the terraces of the palaces largest building. The majestic whole of supreme harmony. In these carefully choreographed. Marcus jones reminded each tanda bera general and bureaucrat of his station. At the crack of a whip and the cry. The magic would begin thousands fell to their knees as one pressing their heads against the paved floor while straining for a glimpse of a god and the exulted son had. Basking in waves of adoration the emperor retreated behind clouds of incense to the magnificent golden for. These were moments of cosmic ritual ceremonies meant to radiate harmony out into every corner of the am i. For leaders like young love a brilliant scholar and general levy a dragon was a fitting mantle. For other employees however its crushing way too much. Behind the whole of supreme harmony the emperors living quarters a domestic labyrinth presided over by an army of castrated male servants eunuchs who once numbered twenty thousand weak emperors surrendered influence to these grasping manipulative slaves. At the palace women did not fare as well. Most lived out for long lives as chambermaid. With death their only deliverance from the gilded cage. From the hall of heavenly purity emperors met the day to day demands of state. It was the machinery of empire. Run from the fabulous nine dragon for. That was ultimately seized by a canyon competitors in the universe. She was a quick. Who by the end of her life dead to sit on the sacred chair. Called the dragon empress that. She squandered the vitality of the once mighty sons of heaven indulgence and corruption. With her grandson to the chinas two thousand year lineage of employers payment twenty. With the rise of the republic in one nine hundred twelve the new president made a prisoner in the forbidden city soon after he outlawed the monarchy altogether. But. It was the end of public life but not every child i. Just sleep for not a new kind of pilgrimage takes place here every day thousands pour into the in a court not to kowtow to a god. But to pay their respects to a monumental pos that has spread it captured in a stone and more. As the great with. Enter the conflict zone. After seven years to new zealand remains the one country doing much from the socalled arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the Munich Security Conference to skim a schedule knowing the countrys foreign minister Christmas Shopping finally come off the revolution and with some hope of a better future. Of food next on c w. H i love that kitchen help. Host. Make the cars touch isnt this an old phrase cause hes become famous really by bringing his exquisite cuisine to a Company Canteen such. Let others have failed her stepsister the following the school may feel. Close. To sixty minutes. With different languages we fight for Different Things thats fine but we all stick up for Freedom Freedom of speech and freedom of press. Giving freedom of Choice Global news. That matters to w. Minds. After seven years two new zero remains the one arab country to emerge from the socalled arab spring as a functioning democracy or does it my guest here at the Munich Security Conference is ken mace to now we become trees foreign minister has the shine finally come off the revolution and with it the hope of a better future