China travel stories

Everest Base Camp, Yangshuo, Heng Shan, Wulingyuan, Hong Kong

Everest Base Camp During the last few days we'd been talking about organizing a few days tour to the Everest Base Camp, the base point used for professional climbers to summit the Mt. Everes...

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Shanghai, Beijing, Cheng Du, Lhasa

Shanghai The Whore of Orient. That's how Shanghai has been re-branded over the years. A mid XIX century Western creation rather than an ancient Chinese city, Shanghai has become today China&...

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China 2

In January 2001 I again flew to China, this time to visit the Ice Festival at Harbin. The exchange rate in February 2001 was 12.80 Yuan to £1. After an overnight stop in Beijing we flew with Ch...

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China 1

Flying with Air China we landed at Beijing airport and went into an elderly terminal. It looks like they are building a new terminal but it is not yet opened. (1996) First priority go to the loo. T...

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Special Administrative Regions

One Country, Two Systems. The special administrative regions of China are the former outposts of European colonial power that were returned to China in the latter part of the 20thcentury. This has ...

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