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Chinese door in Hutong alley

What the Everest Base Camp Closure Means

Featured Image by Neil Young on Flickr. The Everest Base Camp Closure Looming at an enormous 8,844m, the mighty Mount Everest stands at the highest point on Earth, straddling both Nepal and the Tibetan Autonomous...
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Buddhist sculpture and art

How to Beat the Crowds in Dunhuang, Home of China’s Most Spectacular Caves

Tourists line up on Aug. 20 to visit the Mogao grottoes, which have relatively complete wooden eaves from the Tang and Song dynasties. Photo: IC Dunhuang, in northwestern China’s Gansu province, can hardly be called...
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui

Shanghai History Tours

Shanghai has had an interesting history since its inception. Being one of the major port cities of China has given it great access to the broader world, allowing it to flourish as well as suffer military...
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Man looking after cattle on the Tibetan plateau

Kunming: Visa-Free Travel You Say?

Kunming is the latest city to join the ranks of visa-free travel in China. A scheme that has been rolled out to a number of major cities in recent years, the visa-free permit gives the...
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Girl praying at an ancient temple

Jewish Tours of China

With a history of Jewish immigration spanning to the days of the Silk Road, there has been a presence of Judaism in China since the imperial times of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).  Arriving from Western...
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The Three Most Overrated China Travel Experiences

By Zhang Mei (Jan 31, 2019) A luxury cruise ship sails in the waters of Qutang Gorge on the Yangtze River, on Dec. 24, 2017. Photo: VCG On Jan. 3, the U.S. State Department issued...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

China’s Most Exciting New Hotels to Visit in 2019

Foreigners come to China not only for work or investment, but also to sample the country’s many landscapes, its long history and meet people from a wide range of cultures and traditions. In that process...
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Buddhist sculpture and art

Luxury Hotels in Shanghai for 2019

You’ll often hear us talking about getting off the beaten path, but that doesn’t mean we don’t indulge in luxury – especially when we’re staying in one of China’s megacities. Shanghai stands proud as a...
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Fisherman in YangShuo

An Art Lovers’ Guide to Beijing

From the intricate paintings of classical China to revolutionary propaganda of the 20th century, art in China has both enjoyed and suffered from its intrinsic relationship with the country’s politics. With a tumultuous century now behind...
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Imperial dragon patterns

4 (Alternative) Things to Do in Guilin

You might not know the name Guangxi, but you’ll almost certainly recognize the karst peaks and meandering river the province has become famous for. Guilin (a city you might have heard of) and Yangshuo (the...
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