A gargantuan mix of modern and primitive, free and authoritarian, China boasts some of the most impressive and iconic sights in the world, as well as some spectacular scenery. (We hear the lo mein's not bad, either!)

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Experience old China in the southeast-central villages of Huangshan

      Known as one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in China, Huangshan is situated in Huizhou region of the country's southeast-central province of Anhui. Millions of visitors make a trip each year to catch a sight of theses magnificent granite peaks cradled by beds of clouds and frequently depicted in traditional Chinese paintings. And named after the mountain, the area around Huangshan City (pop. 1.5 million, a 4½-hour drive west of Shanghai) is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites:…

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How they celebrate New Year's in China

  You might wonder why this is even a question. But in fact, the Chinese-speaking world has its own big Lunar New Year celebration (in 2021, it's 12 February), and so while much of the rest of the planet makes a big deal out of New Year's Eve tonight, for many of the nearly 1½ billion inhabitants of this vast country, it simply isn't all that much of a thing. There are of course exceptions, and that's what I'm here to talk about. read post

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Tibet's Mount Kailash & Lake Mansarovar cited in '13 of the World's Most Spiritual & Sacred Places'

“There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.”                          ― U.S. novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, & cultural critic Wendell Berry If you’re a "seeker," who travels in part to deepen your religious and spiritual life, you'll want to read this post to learn more about the 13 most spiritual and sacred places that you can visit once travel starts opening up again. These pilgrimage spots are not merely examples of extraordinary…

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  • try travcour for China visa they can arrange it for you or you can just walk down to the embassy you will be able to get it without any problem.
  • Is there any guide on the best way to geta double entry 30 day visa from the UK for China?
  • Hi,

    Am planning to be in Shanghai in June for the ALTM. ( My first visit to China!) Anyone visited the Expo lately? is it easy to get to the venue from downtown hotels?

    Any advice will be appreciated.
    regards
    Nayaz
  • Next time you're in Shanghai, consider a great day-trip alternative to Suzhou: the ancient, Venice-like "water town" of Zhujiajiao. Read about it in today's Tripatini blog post.
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  • Tripatini invites all China group members to join the newly created group Beijing, specializing on the dynamic capital of this great country!
  • China: Hainan to become global tourism destination

    BEIJING - The Chinese government said on Monday that it aims to build the southern island of Hainan into a top international tourism destination by 2020.
  • Tripatini member Eric Hiss gives us the scoop on go-go Shanghai this week in the blog!
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  • Interesting piece in yesterday's NY Times re Shanghai sprucing itself up for the 2010 World Expo: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/15/world/asia/15iht-letter.html?_r=1....

    I was particularly bemused to read the following passage:

    "But amid all of this busy re-engineering, both physical and social, Shanghai has overlooked what is perhaps the most basic campaign of all: a hospitality campaign aimed at persuading Chinese people that they are the common siblings of the rest of mankind.

    Why, one might ask, should there be such a need? The answer lies in the daily experience of any foreigner who wanders off the main streets, and it sometimes includes experiences on the main streets as well. Foreign visitors can often still draw stares as if freshly descended from the moon. People may talk about you in your presence, on the assumption that you don’t understand their language or, worse, that it doesn’t matter if you do. And the term “lao wai,” a less than endearing word for foreigner, hangs thickly in the air. Even the English word “hello” can take on a strange new meaning here, delivered as it sometimes is more as a sing-song taunt than as a true greeting."

    This brought me back to my first visit to Shanghai, back in 1993, when a fellow lao wai and I became tourist attractions while strolling along the Bund -- a couple of locals even took photos of us! With everything that's been going on in China since -- and especially in its largest and supposedly most cosmopolitan city -- I would've thought things might've changed just a tad in 16 years. But old habits die hard, I guess!
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