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Why Guizhou Should Top Your 2021 Travel List

With adventure on the horizon for 2021, add Guizhou to your travel list for an escape into minority villages and breathtaking landscapes.
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The Best Places to Travel for China’s Spring Festival 2021

Looking for an off-the-beaten-path escape for Spring Festival? Here are 4 places to travel to experience the best of China's national holiday.
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Where to Travel: January 2021

January 2021… the start of a year we’re all hoping will be a lot less crazy than the one before. So, how to make the most of being in China in January when even temperatures...
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How to travel safely during Golden Week

Golden Week is just around the corner and for many of us, we’ll be traveling outside our home province for the first time post-COVID-19. Dr. Reinhard KrippnerFamily Medicine PhysicianBeijing United Family Hospital With new regulations...
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Traditional Chinese Architecture

Where Does Tourism in China Now Stand?

By Zhang Mei (Aug 08, 2020) Beijing’s Temple of Heaven in July. One evening a month ago, my husband walked into my study and asked, “Could you update your resume please? I don’t think it’s...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

Eight Places to Visit as China Emerges From Coronavirus

By Zhang Mei (Apr 29, 2020) Zhihua Temple As I write this, fewer than 100 days have passed since Wuhan was locked down. Yet, we are living in a different world. While many of my...
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Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

Defer, Don’t Cancel Your China Trip

Photo: Andres Vargas The moment I knew it was time to close the office was when our contractor vanished. Work stopped on our half-done office renovation, newspaper lying on the ground to catch paint drops,...
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Winter Travel in China for Misanthropes

The Seashore Library, also called the “Lonely Library,” in Beidaihe in northern China. Photo: Courtesy of Aranya I can safely categorize myself as a misanthrope — a person who hates other people. Well, not exactly,...
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Ethnic Minorities of China

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway: China’s Road Through the Sky

Featured image by thriol via Flickr Ruggedly wild, inherently spiritual, and filled with rich ethnic culture and untamed beauty, Tibet has called to adventurers for generations. But, they don’t call it the ‘roof of the...
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The Road Less Traveled: Our Journey into Sustainable Tourism

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism is defined as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry,...
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