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  • Heaven on earth

    2009-04-10 09:41

    Xi Cheng must be in her mid-80s but spins like a nimble ballerina to the tune of a lilting Chinese number. "Beijing is beautiful,"  "I love the trees here and the flowers.

  • New snapshots of old Shanghai

    2009-05-12 10:15

    Hungarian architect Laszlo Hudec had a significant impact on how Shanghai looked in the 1930s.

  • History is the ultimate luxury

    2011-07-01 15:34

    As an hotelier with an extensive portfolio of expertise and experience, Leon Lee, the General Manager of the Astor Hotel in Tianjin, has his own ideas of how he'd like to manage his hotel.

  • Cultural diamonds rise above coal dust

    2009-07-01 14:00

    Datong has been synonymous with the nation's major coal production base over the past decades, producing more than 2.3 billion tons of coal.However, the 2,300-year-old city's multifarious cultural heritages, including the Yungang Grottoes, an official UNESCO World Heritage Site, have largely been overlooked.

  • Blend of the new and the nostalgic

    2010-07-16 09:47

    District offers range of getaways right in nation's most populous city.

  • River towns of repute

    2010-07-22 09:21

    The birthplace of some of the nation's most illustrious sons and that of one of its four classic cuisines are just 140 km apart on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

  • Lashed by rains scarred by wars

    2010-07-30 10:31

    Ancient Hefei's grand defence outpost no longer exists but the Three Rivers settlement it was meant to protect thrives to this day.

  • Bridge to the past

    2009-10-29 10:54

    Bridges are not just for crossing rivers in Pingnan, they are icons of the little-known county in northeast Fujian province.

  • Reflections on water

    2009-07-16 08:52

    Water, water everywhere, and every drop is cherished. Wuyuan is crisscrossed with many beautiful rivers, which, in ancient times, served as major channels for transport.

  • Baked to perfection

    2009-07-23 10:30

    The most fitting introduction for a trip to Turpan in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is to take a hard-sleeper bus there. Inside the standard coach are three rows of adult-sized cradles, with barely enough wiggle room to move in each half-reclining compartment.

  • Hidden fortunes

    2009-07-30 10:29

    Armies of tourists besiege Xi'an every day to see the Terracotta Warriors. But travelers who go the extra mile to sift through the city's cultural treasure trove will discover it's a place of many hidden gems.

  • A haven discovered in Hongluo Temple

    2010-08-11 09:41

    As the summer sun casts short shadows onto packed streets, METRO has the low-down on how to escape.

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