ocr: The Gate, like Tiananmen Square, has always been a major point of focus in the political history of China. Ifyou climb up to' the balconyyou can stand on the spot from which, on1 October 1949, Chairman Mao proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. The spoti - - is clearly marked, and there is an exhibition of photographs oft the event clustered around it.
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