Apr 29, 2021 Comments(6)
China is considering a travel exchange with the US after the Biden administration reduced restrictions for students and professionals wishing to come to the country. Read more>>
Jun 10, 2009
Hulun Buir Grassland, located in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is found to the west of Great Khingan and famous for the Hulun Nur and Buir Nur areas. The terrain is high in the east and lower in the west, the elevation is 650-700 meters ...... Read More>>
Jun 09, 2009
The terracotta warriors: a triumph of invention or one of the world’s most epic failures of imagination? Testament to China’s once formidable powers of creation and innovation, or just an early prelude to the assembly line cultural production we ...... Read More>>
Jun 08, 2009
For those wanting to plan a weekend beach getaway there are a few options. Guang Xi, Fu Jian, and Hong Kong all have nearby beachfronts with their own specialties. The water, sand, and housing qualities all differ too. Let's take a closer look at some of ...... Read More>>
Jun 02, 2009
During the night we traveled through the Chinese countryside with the train windows open, snacking on dried fruit and nuts as we chatted and joked. Steve and I banged out a Thursday NY Times crossword, and moved onto a more difficult Friday, only to be ...... Read More>>
Jun 01, 2009 Comments(0)
Chinese old people fascinate me. In general, I have to admit that living to be 80 or 90 in this day an age impresses me anyway both in and out of China. These days, it seems everything is laden with some cancer causing additive or a by-product that will ...... Read More>>
May 29, 2009
ynstreet Ljyn.com Location: The middle of Lijiang Bazi County, northwest Yunnan Province.The 800-year-old ancient town of Lijiang with an area of 3.8 sq km, was first established in the late years of the Southern Song Dynasty and was listed by UNESCO as a ...... Read More>>
May 28, 2009
The recent Swine Flu scare has been giving me some flashbacks to my earliest days in China, when I was lucky enough to be stuck here during the great SARS disaster. Some of you who were in China in 2003 might be able to remember what it was like when SARS ...... Read More>>
May 27, 2009
My name is: Wǒ jiào我 叫 I am: wǒ shì我是 AmericanMěi guó rén美 国 人 CanadianJiā ná dà rén加 拿 大 人 BritishYīng guó rén英 国 人 ScottishSū gé lán rén苏格兰人 Irish Ài ěr lán ...... Read More>>
May 27, 2009
Several years ago, when I was still young, fit, childless and responsibility free, I trekked half-way up the foothills of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain near Lijiang, in search of a village called Wenhai. My friend Amir, who had done all of the research about ...... Read More>>
May 26, 2009
Originally posted on Matador Blogs, March 2009 The first thing that hit me was the heat – an Orwellian heat - crushing and dominating, searing my skin and eyes, blasting my innards, and steaming my undercarriage like a Chinese dumpling house. Korea ...... Read More>>
May 26, 2009 Comments(1)
Hidden away inside a former girls’ school in China you find the most unexpected of museums. Located on the outskirts of Suzhou, Tongi is known as the Venice of China; but it also houses something maybe the rest of China isn’t ready for, the ...... Read More>>
May 25, 2009 Comments(0)
In recent years, airport security has been more rigid then ever. For our own safety, airport security asks us to submit to the most invasive of procedures and the tightest of rules. We willingly take off our shoes, let them throw away our toothbrushes and ...... Read More>>
May 25, 2009 Comments(0)
China’s Environmental Conservation and Wildlife Projects If you have a few months in China and want to do something where you can travel a bit, settle a bit, and have a deeply rewarding experience, then perhaps a volunteer program would be right up ...... Read More>>
May 25, 2009
Location of Fenghuang:Beside the Tuo River, western Hunan Province. Feng Huang is an ancient city on a green mountain, with a tributary surrounding the city, red flagstone streets, a row of small-suspended buildings, an ancient wall ravaged by wind and ...... Read More>>
May 21, 2009
Here is an unfortunate travel story and not a funny one but it warrants being told given that the whole world is panicking over Swine Flu. But how would you feel if it were you or your family member who was under supervision for suspected infection? There ...... Read More>>
May 19, 2009
Beijing is an endless cornucopia of contrasts and contradictions. Too many times, people with a few days in Beijing tend to rush through the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, straight to the Temple of Heaven to the Great Wall, missing everything in ...... Read More>>
May 18, 2009 Comments(0)
When you travel around China staying in hostels, you meet all sorts of people who you would never come across in your normal life. The hostel brings you together into one Chinese ''circumstance'' where you are willingly and yet forced to stay in the same ...... Read More>>
May 13, 2009
Where is a travel agency?Lǚ xíng shè zài nǎ / nǎ yǒu lǚ xíng shè旅行社在哪/哪有旅行社 Do you have an English-speaking guide?Yǒu yīng yǔ dǎo yóu ma有英语导游吗 How much is the tour?Lǚ xíng duō shǎo ...... Read More>>
May 13, 2009
Originally published October 23rd, 2008 on thezig.co.uk- Part 1 Eventually we stopped again, as it began dusking on day two. We joined a queue. Well at least I think it was a queue. Does a queue have to move, to technically be a queue? If so it wasn’t ...... Read More>>
May 12, 2009 Comments(0)
Photo: olliradtke.de An article in a Korean magazine on 7th May openly accused China of charging first rate prices to some tourist attractions, whilst at the same time providing third rate service. “Why the hell are Chinese entrance fees so ...... Read More>>
May 11, 2009
Photo: people.daily Li Yanjun is the Deputy Director of Visit Britain China HQ. The organization is the tourist board for the British Isles and it is Li’s job to coordinate promotional offers and advertising campaigns to try and attract people to ...... Read More>>
May 11, 2009 Comments(0)
Special Topic: China Visa Guide For the first part of this article on getting your visa before China. This is a continuation of our visa information section for people traveling in China or staying here for an extended period of time. It’s important ...... Read More>>
May 08, 2009
Photo: Baidu.com The following guide is part of a mini-series of travel articles that will be appearing in China Explorer Destinations to give those of you who own your own pair of wheels in the shape of a car or motorbike some ideas for short weekend ...... Read More>>
May 07, 2009 Comments(0)
Photo: godpp.gov.cn Visitors with more time in Beijing may wish to explore some of the less frequented tourist spots. One of the most interesting and yet least visited of these places is Niu jie (Ox street) the focal point of Beijing’s venerable and ...... Read More>>
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