Persian Cat

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A Persian Cat with aqua blue and amber yellow eyes wandering around the Summer Palace in Beijing,China.

Stumbling through the Summer Palace on a - don't have enough time but we can squeeze the palace in before a dinner meeting - my translator, a lover and owner of many a cat, and I, came across a clowder of these stunning Persian cats perched across a hilltop along with some striped tabby cats. Scared of human interaction, she eventually convinced one to approach. You cannot imagine how long it took me to take this photo with both of the cats eyes open!