The Chinese imperial family, which now lives in the US, has a temporary Web
site at
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/4254/ZhouDynasty.html. You can
also send messages to the Emperor on this site. However, His Mightiness won’t be
much help if you have a visa problem—the imperial family has not held
power since 1912.
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