"Injuring", "inadmissible", "intolerable" ... Two young women posing in front of a vehicle, which may have traveled inside the Forbidden City in Beijing (China), caused the dismay of Internet users on Saturday. Located near huge Tiananmen Square and six centuries old, the Forbidden City is the former residence of emperors and one of the most emblematic places in the Chinese capital. The site, which boasts 19 million visitors last year, is only accessible to pedestrians.
But on Monday, the usual closing day, a luxurious vehicle was able to enter the vast imperial complex for a privileged visit. Photos of two young women, sunglasses on their noses, immortalizing this moment were posted on the social network Weibo. They quickly aroused the ire of Internet users and the photos were subsequently deleted.
I'm actually laughing my face off. Apparently on Monday, the Forbidden City closed for a period of time, seemingly so a privileged rich kid could drive her friggin 4x4 inside & take pix.
They've apologized, saying in future they'll "strictly manage to prevent" such a thing. pic.twitter.com/zq6XshMlXP
The Forbidden City had to apologize
"Even foreign leaders must get out of their vehicle (to visit the Forbidden City), they must be speechless," noted a user. Official Chinese media indeed reminded Saturday that during the 2013 visit to China of former French President François Hollande, the latter had to get out of the car and enter the Forbidden City on foot.
"Such behavior is hurtful for citizens," also said another surfer in the midst of numerous reactions of indignation at the tricks that some in China can benefit from.
The Forbidden City, which celebrates its 600th anniversary this year, had to apologize on Friday and promised to shed light on the incident. Built in the space of 14 years, the Forbidden City was completed in 1420. It housed the emperors of the last two Chinese dynasties, those of the Ming and the Qing, until the last of them, Puyi, a child of three years overthrown by the 1911 revolution.
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