A small oasis city, Dunhuang once prospered as the last stop on the Silk Road before it split north and south to skirt the Taklamakan Desert. It is a pleasant settlement that has achieved a certain level of prosperity, primarily through acting as a base for visiting the famous grottoes at Mogao, a short distance [...]
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When looking for China holidays, it’s difficult to know what awaits you in such a vast and exciting country. The culture, food and attractions provide a refreshing change from the West and here are our top five highlights:
1. The Great Wall
Some say the Great Wall can be seen from space and stretching over 4,000 miles [...]
Nowadays, more and more people like to spend their holidays in China. The unique glamour of China is attracting the visitors from all parts of the world, imposing Great Wall, magnificent Palace Museum, wide Yangtze River, precipitous Mount Tai, exquisite Suzhou Garden, mysterious emperor’s mausoleum, holy temple, incredible terracotta warriors… The exciting China holidays will [...]
Situated in the north of Ningxia, in the lee of the Helan mountains, Yinchuan is well protected from the harsh desert climate, and makes a good base from which to explore the surrounding sights. Today, Yinchuan is a pleasant and lively city, with a handful of interesting things to see. It consists of two parts, [...]
While young Chinese are modernizing, they aren’t in the way the Western world would think. [Business Week]
Bill Gates talks about joining Twitter and what he thinks about China. [Mashable]
As much as we disparage it, the quality of Chinese made products are in fact getting better and better every day. [China Law [...]
Have you been feeling increasingly claustrophobic when you walk through People’s Square? Tired of waiting on long lines just to cram your way onto a train? Does your daily commute make you feel like you’re in a bad infomercial about overpopulation? Well, you’re not alone: over five million people use Shanghai’s [...]
Remember that beauty pageant/talent show for foreigners, Miss Laowai China? Well, it looks as if it wasn’t a hoax after all: they’ve already got a whopping 14 candidates already, paired down from sixty applicants (our inside sources say that two are from Shanghai!). But better than that, they’ve also got an [...]
Ever watched Avatar and thought to yourself “I would really like to go hang out there?” Well, now you can, sort of: the government of Zhangjiajie, Hunan has renamed one of their iconic mountain peaks “Hallelujah Mountain” after one of the mystical places in the Cameron blockbuster. In fact, you can already find Avatar-themed vacation [...]