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Girl praying at an ancient temple
March 15, 2011

Review: Tea Horse Road by Michael Freeman and Selena Ahmed

For many travelers, one of the difficult aspects of setting aside the time and money for a trip to China is that it’s hard to know what you’re getting yourself in for until you’re stepping...
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Rice Terraces in the south of China
March 14, 2011

China Drawing More ‘Golden Years’ Travelers

China drawing more ‘golden years’ travelers. One of the most exciting and positive travel trends over the past decade has been the rapid growth of youth-focused education travel programs coming to China  – but there’s...
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Tibetan Buddhism Flags
March 11, 2011

Trail Tribulations

Ancient tea and Horse Caravan Trip: The following is an excerpt from “Trail Tribulations” by Paul Mooney, South China Morning Post ———– Ouyang Shangxian worked briefly on the trail. His classic Shaxi courtyard house is...
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Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan
March 9, 2011

Development vs conservation in Yunnan

Beautiful and diverse, southwestern China’s Yunnan province is not only one of our most popular destinations, it is where WildChina was born. In the initial stages of China’s dizzyingly fast modernization, Yunnan avoided much of...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley
March 8, 2011

Tibet Travel Ban Doesn’t Include All of China’s Tibetan Regions

Tibet travel ban doesn’t include all of China’s Tibetan regions. Unfortunate travel news out of Tibet: foreign travelers are not being allowed into Tibet this month and no clear timetable for when they will be...
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui
February 28, 2011

China Takes Another Step Toward Protecting Cultural Heritage

Tradition and modernity are colliding throughout villages in China Last September we told you about Chinese questioning the value of World Heritage Site status. And in December, we noted that local officials around China were...
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Imperial dragon patterns
February 16, 2011

The Shangri-La Effect

Named one of the “up-and-coming” places to visit, it seems that the word “Shangri-La” is everywhere. The term, which is said to “evoke imagery of exoticism of the Orient,” has initiated a circular series of...
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Girl praying at an ancient temple
February 2, 2011

Things to see and do in Shangri-La, Yunnan

The following post is an excerpt from Catherine Bodry, a writer for AOL’s Gadling Travel Blog. Gadling’s last stop on Yunnan’s ancient tea horse road was Shangri-la, China, a high-altitude Tibetan city named after the mythical town in...
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Candles in a Buddhist temple
January 26, 2011

Want to experience China differently? Go west!

As noted earlier, China is already the world’s number-three destination for international travel. Many travelers nowadays have already made one or two trips to China, but more often than not, they’re visiting the coast, possibly...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley
January 21, 2011

Home for the Holidays: China’s Busiest Travel Season

Today marks the beginning of the busiest travel season in China: from January 21 to February 27, China’s skies, roads, and rails will be inundated as an expected 640 million people, from every corner of...
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