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Forbidden City   Beijing

Forbidden City, Beijing

 64 Reviews  There are two essentials to see - the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven Park. At the Forbidden City keep to the edges. The main central buildings are crowded and it is difficult to get through... 

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The Bund   Shanghai

The Bund, Shanghai

 60 Reviews  You look at the Bund, with futuristic buildings in one bank of the river, and classical ones in the other, and something looks... odd. I was not very familiar with Chinese architecture but... those... 

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Shamian Island   Guangzhou

Shamian Island, Guangzhou

 14 Reviews  I visited Sha mian island. It is a nice place. It will be much nicer in one year I think because they are rebuilding everything. All the houses, and the gardens, the streets, everywhere it is... 

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Terracotta Army   Xi'an

Terracotta Army, Xi'an

 18 Reviews  The Terracotta Army of XIAN. What you have to do is buy a ticket cost RMB60 and enter. There are many many tour guides willing to offer you their services for RMB40, they can speak English, Italian,... 

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Markets   Chengdu

Markets, Chengdu

 11 Reviews  Here I want to show readers how they sell electric bicycles, its just a simple shop like selling bicycles, the price is cheap, take a closer look. You can simply throw away your petroleum or gasoline... 

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Great Wall   Beijing

Great Wall, Beijing

 59 Reviews  I met Alvin thru the recommendation of another VTer and thank goodness for that decision to hire him. My Beijing trip became one of my most memorable jaunts since I was bitten by the travel bug in... 

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Lujiazui / Pudong   Shanghai

Lujiazui / Pudong, Shanghai

 33 Reviews  the view of the ultramodern district of shanghai! Shanghai is home to more than 4,000 buildings, but it is the Huangpu's east-bank development, Pudong, that is the star of the Show in Shanghai. In... 

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Hua Qing Hot Springs   Xi'an

Hua Qing Hot Springs, Xi'an

 4 Reviews  I really enjoyed Huaqingqiao most. My timing was especially appropriate since it was the day they buried Zhang Xueliang in Hawaii, the general who kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek. You oculd see the bullets... 

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People's Park   Chengdu

People's Park, Chengdu

 5 Reviews  And people were having tea by the lake side. The bamboo chairs were really beautiful. However, it seemed like they will gradually be replaced by ugly blue plastic ones. I bypassed the Mahjong area as... 

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Tiananmen Square   Beijing

Tiananmen Square, Beijing

 44 Reviews  I was there 3 years ago this November, from memory we arrived about 10am, Fistly do you know that you have to go across the road and leave everything there, e.g. camera, bags etc. it is not hard... 

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Yuyuan Garden & Bazaar   Shanghai

Yuyuan Garden & Bazaar, Shanghai

 23 Reviews  I was impressed by the development and organization of Shanghai. What they show to us today has nothing to do with the generalised idea of China. We had to look at the small narrow roads, to see... 

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Hua Shan   Xi'an

Hua Shan, Xi'an

 2 Reviews  At a height of 2,160 meters above sea level and about 120km/3hours east of Xi'an, Huashan, literally translated as Flower Mountain, is a sight for sore eyes. The mountain has for centuries been deemed... 

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On the way to Tibet   Chengdu

On the way to Tibet, Chengdu

 8 Reviews  In Chengdu, I used the China Comfort Travel agency to organise my permit and flight to Lhassa, Tibet. I was very happy with their price/condition and efficiency. You can contact David Liu who speaks... 

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Climate   Beijing

Climate, Beijing

 13 Reviews  The thing we missed most about home was blue skies. In 28 days of travel in China, we saw only 4 days of blue skies. We were there in April 2010 and it was extremely cold in Beijing with a few... 

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Nanjing Lu   Shanghai

Nanjing Lu, Shanghai

 12 Reviews  The city is so huge, if one has just a few days, the best thing to do is... to go back for more! I liked that we stayed along Nanjing Road. That way, we got to stroll along this long avenue filled... 

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Wild Goose Pagodas   Xi'an

Wild Goose Pagodas, Xi'an

 5 Reviews  visit the Wild Goose Great Pagoda. And do not miss the gardens (8AM to 6 PM) Once upon a time, a wise Emperor sent a monk (the ancestor of the VTbackpackers), Xuanzang, to search in India some Sutras... 

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Modern Chengdu   Chengdu

Modern Chengdu, Chengdu

 4 Reviews  On this street as well as many city centers in China, one will come across a lot of foreign investments notably in terms of shopping centers & foreign branded goods. MacDonald is a household name in... 

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Churches   Beijing

Churches, Beijing

 16 Reviews  Are you an expat looking for a church in Beijing? Please join us on Sunday at the Congregation of the Good Shepherd (COGS), which has been worshiping in Beijing since 1993. We are an international,... 

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Shanghai Meseum (People's Square)   Shanghai

Shanghai Meseum (People's Square), Shanghai

 14 Reviews  Nowhere else in China the idea of modernity is so strong! Maybe because the modern buildings are everywhere, with remarkable diversity and architecture, maybe because nowhere else is so noticeable the... 

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History Museum of Shaanxi Province   Xi'an

History Museum of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an

 2 Reviews  Visit the History Museum of Shaanzi - Xiaozhai - A very interesting museum presenting the history of China since 6000 BC with a hall per period. The comments are also in English (in French ? you... 

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Leshan Giant Buddha   Chengdu

Leshan Giant Buddha, Chengdu

 3 Reviews  Leshan Giant Buddha The Leshan Giant Buddha is located at Leshan City, where in the southwest of Sichuan ,being renowned in the world for its graceful natural scenery and a mysterious cultural legacy... 

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Shopping   Beijing

Shopping, Beijing

 16 Reviews  To Get a Feel of Local Setting I suggest you go to a local department store to be experience local beijing shopping if you have time and these are not near Wang Fu Jing but farther in Other districts,... 

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Zhou Zhuang   Shanghai

Zhou Zhuang, Shanghai

 6 Reviews  Although Shanghai has few landscapes, there are many small cities around Shanghai with beautiful scenes. The picture is the West Lake, which is a famous scene in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang and... 

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City Wall   Xi'an

City Wall, Xi'an

 1 Review  Xian is one of the very few cities in China, where the city wall is still in very good condition. 12km of wall surround the city, which has been once the biggest city of the world. At a time (around... 

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Chinese Medicine   Chengdu

Chinese Medicine, Chengdu

 3 Reviews  From many goods at the market I could recognize what it was or where it was made of. But at some stalls and in some shops I saw very intriguing stuff with not the slightest idea what it could be. So... 

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Beijing Capital Airport - Free WiFi

by ant1606

A question at the information desk returned that free WiFi is available throughout Beijing Capital airport. It took me a while to find how but it helped keeping me busy through a 6-hour layover.As of Jan 2012 I I saw billboards mentioning that WiFi access can be obtained by logging into a certain website to give your cell phone number, then receive a text message with ID and password reference. I tried without luck, therefore I discourage trying.Free WiFi access requires authentication and a working method is to do so at a few dedicated machines. It's a big airport and locating one requires some walking. I found several of these and the photo may help to identify them if you don't have a clue with Chinese language signs.Click the "English" button on the touch screen and follow the procedure, which requires to insert the personal data page of your passport for a scan. Make sure it's...

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Čína 2011 - Peking

by qquest111

Čína, to je kus světa, kam mnozí nikdy ani nezavítají. Každodenně jsme s ní však nepřímo v kontaktu. Nejen díky tomu, že naprosto ovládá průmysl celého světa díky bezkonkurenčním cenám výrobků dovážené ve velkém do všech zemí, ale také počtem obyvatel (1. na světě, více než miliarda a 300 milionů), rozlohou (4. na světě) a nebo úmysly do budoucna. Již nyní je např. Čína největším producentem vzácných kovů na světě, z nichž se vyrábí např. počítače, mobily, apod. Čína postupně směřuje k tomu, aby mohla ovládat celý svět...Nejjednodušeji se lze dostat do Číny samozřejmě letadlem, koncem srpna 2011 byly dokonce letenky z ČR za 6.500 Kč za zpáteční let. Nejzajímavější mi to však přišlo jako pokračování vlakem...

Visa Applications

by travelinxs

Personally, I would not leave any space blank on application if you can help it. I came into China from Central Asia on a double entry visa. Because I was entering a 'sensitive' area, and because I was using the 2 entries to visit Pakistan and return to China, I said I'd be entering via Beijing, even though I won't be going anywhere near there on this trip. To gain 2 entries I said I was also going down into Vietnam and returning. I listed an itinery that only included well established tourist areas such as Shanghai, Yunnan province and so on. Where asked for accomodation / tel. numbers etc I listed popular backpacking hostels out of a guidebook for main destinations. I would strongly recommend that you don't mension couchsurfing or any similar contacts as its highly frowned upon to stay with individuals in China. You don't need to actually book anything. I was given a double entry visa...

Free Wi-Fi in China

by MikeySoft

I found it relatively easy to get free wi-fi but it does depend on where you travel. In China, the law requires the government to know the identity of everyone connected to the internet. This is ignored by many Chinese places like food cafes with free wi-fi. They just post the password for everyone to use. However, in foreign places such as McDonalds and Starbucks, you must register using your mobile phone to use the free internet. Passport info is required to get a local SIM card for your phone as they will know who you are when registing for the internet. The only foreign places I found in China that does not enforce the ID law are Apple stores. The one in Shanghai is in a main tourist area and I just walk in and connect my iPod to the Apple internet. Notice all the people on the bench using Apple's free internet in my photo.Many of the hotels / hostels also have wi-fi. It is usually...

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Sarah's China Memories

by Classroomtravels

I visited China in February 2011 with my Mom and Dad. It was cold and snowing in Beijing and we stayed in the Grand Hotel, Beijing.My best memory of the trip to China was getting Barbie dolls and getting my sister Ciara!In China I met our guide, Eric and Rosalin, our guide in Wuhan. I also met Fergal and Teresa.I saw lots of interesting things like The Great Wall of China, The Summer Palace and The Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan.

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"Go East Young Man!"

by Montorgue

Hi Rob,Don't know if this is useful but here goes. If some terms are not quite correct it is because I am translating from French pages....sorry!Hotmail will work anywhere in the world on POP and SMTP BUT you will need to go to Gmail Parameters (properties)/ Transfer and POP/IMAP/TChrgmnt POP/ACTIVER "POP for all messages....Then confirm. Another advantage with Hotmail is that you can send your photos without problems. Skype also works in most places and you can also transfer photos and files whilst still talking. Remember that with Skype only a microphone is necessary for a contact. Just a small tip in China: You laptop obviously has WiFi but take with you a connecting cable for Broad Band as some places allow you to connect and make use of the full BBspeed. I spent 6 weeks Back Packing 7000Kms last year with my Wife. Just remeber Chinese "STARS" are CHINESE. Often good (see forums)...

Hainan Island (Hainan Dao)

by hopang

Hainan Island is located in South China Sea. It is the smallest province in China and is China's southernmost province. Hainan in Chinese literally means "south of the sea". It has a total area of approximately 34,000 square kilometers. The capital of Hainan Island is Haikou.Among the popular tourist attractions in Hainan Island are Dadonghai Bay (as depicted in our photograph on the right), Yalong Bay at Sanya, Deer Park at Dadonghai, Fengmu Deer Farm, Monkey Island at Lingshui, Hainan Volcano Park at Haikou, Li and Miao Minority Village, Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden, Hai Rui Tomb, Seven Fairy Mountain at Baoting National Rainforest Park and Xiuying Fort.You may also visit the following website for more information (in Chinese):- http://www.hi.gov.cn Our grandparents used to live in this island in their whole life. It is wonderful to visit and see for ourselves this once "sleepy...

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A great FREE helper

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Do you want to travel to China? Are you lack of information travelling in China? If you want all those problems solved, please visit ForeignerCN.com in order to get more info. ForeignerCN.com is a website founded by Chinese volunteers, which provides great amount of FREE info. about not only travel, but also study and live in China. Come and join us, I’m sure we won't disappoint you.www.foreignercn.coma free website provides you information about China Do you want to travel to China? Are you lack of information travelling in China? If you want all those problems solved, please visit ForeignerCN.com in order to get more info. ForeignerCN.com is a website founded by Chinese volunteers, which provides great amount of FREE info. about not only travel, but also study and live in China. Come and join us, I’m sure we won't disappoint you.www.foreignercn.coma free website provides you...

Adaptor plugs in China

by DSwede

China uses 220V, 50HzMost will be a combination outlet is similar to the USA/Japan 2-pin (type A):http://electricaloutlet.org/type-aOblique flat blades with ground (inverted V) [Australian] are also very common:http://electricaloutlet.org/type-iHowever, sometimes, British 3-pin rectangular blade plug may be found at nice hotels, and more commonly in the south:http://electricaloutlet.org/type-g

Two speeds

by solopes

The economic boom of China is present in all the cities that we visited. Of course, we've been only in the touristic circuit, where business and tourism are pushing the people to levels of consummation and life quality that are inaccessible to great part of the population. While in places like Guilin or Yangshuo rural life gets natural profit from tourism, how will China replicate the development of Beijing or Shanghai in areas where tradition still prevails? Will it be possible, one day, to step outside the marked path and meet the other China before the cleavages already perceived put a end to the calm and safe hospitality of China?

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