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  • Top five must-visit destinations for foreigners

    2016-07-25Editor's note: As China's tourism industry has boomed in recent years, I believe more and more foreign friends have travelled in China. As a local Chinese, I'm curious what the top five must-visit cities or destinations you would recommend to those foreigners who have never been to China? Why would you recommend them?

  • Top 10 things to do in China

    2016-07-25China is a vast country with an enormous variety of attractions to see and things to do. Our readers sum up the most famous to help foreign travelers plan their China tours.

  • How to bargain in China

    2016-07-25Bargaining is acceptable in most Chinese stores, except in the supermarket or some shopping malls in which the goods have clear fixed prices, and it can be great fun when you’re in the mood, and saves you a lot of money.

  • Weird Chinese foods, dare to try?

    2016-07-25China is a paradise for food lovers, but there are some common Chinese dishes that really make some foreigners feel weird. Our forum readers share their experiences on unusual foods they find in China.

  • I am a heritage speaker of Chinese: American Sinologist

    2016-07-15I am a heritage speaker of Chinese; when I was growing up in Los Angeles, my weekends and summers were spent in Chinese school. In college, I continued Chinese as a foreign language and majored in the history of Asia.

  • In the land of red lanterns

    2016-02-17Expat Siva Sankar shares diary excerpts of spending his first Spring Festival in China.

  • Yanqi Lake entices chef wannabes for a day in the kitchen

    2016-01-22Like most Beijingers, I've heard lots about the Sunrise Hotel at Yanqi Lake. But I never had a chance to see the facility that was built to host last year's APEC summit of world leaders - until an invitation came to join a cooking class there. It was an easy win-win for me to say yes.

  • Five-day Beijing tour changes my thoughts on China

    2016-01-05There were other places I visited but the whole experience has changed the way I think about China and the Chinese people. It is all still like a dream.

  • Falling in love with Beijing

    2015-12-24To this specific city, Beijing, and, why not, to more cities of China, as I am pretty sure they have many more different experiences to offer me.

  • A prescription to protect 'the Earth's kidneys'

    2015-12-23Beijing has poured investment into its wetlands, and the past decade's protection and restoration efforts are paying off.

  • Sublime scenery of Simatai Great Wall in Miyun county

    2015-12-14Simatai Great Wall, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and is located in the middle of Miyun county and Luanping county, is only a length of the Great Wall. Covering a distance of 5.4 km, it is the most dangerous part of the Great Wall.

  • China's inbound tourism industry 'bouncing back'

    2015-12-08Total revenue from inbound tourism in the first 10 months of 2015 reached $47.4 billion, with overseas visitors spending $28.5 billion.

  • White swans congregate in Yanqing

    2015-11-23Hundreds of white swans arrive with the falling snow at Xiadu Park in Beijing's Yanqing district on Nov 21, providing a unique viewing opportunity to local residents.

  • Beijing's Gubei Water Town offers everything

    2015-10-26Beijing Gubei Water Town is a modern resort and a combination of sightseeing spot, vacation place, commerce exhibition and creative culture.

  • Anhui promotes travel in Beijing

    2015-11-02Eastern China's Anhui province brought seven cities to promote local tourism in Beijing on October 31.

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