The Summer Palace Of Beijing,the largest and best preserved of all Chinese imperial gardens ,boasts many features-a lake that occupies three-fourths of its 290 hectares ,a traditional seventeem-arched bridge , ahill with palatial buildings as weell as quiet spots dotted by rustic pavilions and cottages , a 36-metre Marble Boat to remind visitors that the garden was built by the despotic Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty with funds earmarked for a Chinese navy……