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Traveling to the Autonomous County of Tujia and Miao of Youyang, near Chongqing

Leave a Comment / Travel around China / By Manuel Recchia / 10 minutes of reading

Located to the southeast of the Municipality of Chongqing, the most extensive and populated of the four Chinese municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), the autonomous county of Tujia and Miao of Youyang (酉阳土家族苗族自治县) is the largest county of the Municipality. Called Youzhou in ancient times, Youyang represents a real cultural cradle for the 18 […]

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Transsiberian Railway Tour Guide

Travel around China / By Sergi Portolés / 8 minutes of reading

This article is aimed to provide all the necessary information to organize your tour with the mythical Trans-Siberian and is based on my personal experience as a traveler and resident in Beijing. In this article you will find (you can click below to read directly the section that you are interested): Transsiberian Tour – Index

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Bordering on Hong Kong: The easiest routes in and out of Shenzhen

Shekou Ferry Terminal Shenzhen by Chris At first glance, it’s hard to believe that the Chinese city of Shenzhen, situated directly north of Hong Kong on mainland China, was nothing more than a sleepy fishing village back in 1979. This area became China’s first, and one of its most successful, Special Economic Zones and is

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Day Trip to Turpan – in Xinjiang – on High Speed Rail

1 Comment / Travel around China / By Sapore di Cina / 4 minutes of reading

This article was written by Josh Summers, the founder of FarWestChina. I remember years ago taking a trip to Turpan, a quiet but once important stop on the ancient Silk Road. I woke up early in the morning to catch a bus from the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi where I spent over three hours sitting

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Yuntai Mountain: The Henan’s AAAAA scenic area, whatever that it means (Photo Essays)

1 Comment / Travel around China / By Sergi Portolés / 6 minutes of reading

In this article you’ll find a review of the most popular natural reserve of Henan province, the Yuntai mountain. You’ll also find a lot of pics and all the info you need to know for visiting this place. Enjoy! Yuntai Mountain The Yuntai mountain (云台山) is located in the Xiuwu county (修武) that belongs to

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What do you expect from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet?

4 Comments / Travel around China / By Sapore di Cina / 4 minutes of reading

Potala Palace view’s from Jokhang Temple When I arrived in Lhasa all I could think about was that I needed a shower. I got there by train and it was two days that I couldn’t get one. Besides that, I felt a sense of accomplishment. When I was a teenager I could imagine myself traveling

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What there is on my backpack when I travel around Asia?

10 Comments / Travel around China / By Sapore di Cina / 8 minutes of reading

My luggage during my three weeks in Xinjang. One of the questions that I receive from the readers that are coming to China is: “What the hell should I put on my backpack?” My answer usually is: “Unless you are planning to climb the Everest, the same things that you would bring to any other

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The Stone Forest and the legend of Ashima

3 Comments / Travel around China / By Sapore di Cina / 4 minutes of reading

Yunnan is one of most touristic Chinese provinces, especially in summer when everywhere else in China is damn hot. This means that an army of Chinese people had our same idea: visit 石林 (shilin), the Stone Forest. The etymology of the character “林” is one of those that remind me why I like Chinese: 木=mu=tree;

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Guilin, the Li river cruise’s starting point

3 Comments / Travel around China / By Sapore di Cina / 5 minutes of reading

Guilin, in Guangxi Province, is one of most popular touristic destination in China as it’s the starting point of the cruise on the Li River – which is surrounded by impressive limestone formations – that ends up in Yangshuo. How to get to Guilin The easiest way to reach Guilin is by plane as there

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The Kanas National Nature Reserve, in Xinjiang (Photo Essays)

1 Comment / Travel around China / By Sapore di Cina / 5 minutes of reading

Note: at the end of the article you’ll find a photo gallery of 20 photographs taken of the Reserve. The Kanas National Nature Reserve is found in the heart of the Altai Mountains, in Xinjiang, at the border with Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia, and owes its fame to Lake Kanas and its alpine scenery. An

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How to Obtain the 5-Days Visa (VOA) for Shenzhen

23 Comments / Travel around China, Visas / By Daniel De La Fuente / 6 minutes of reading

Temporary visas for Shenzhen are issued for tourism purposes only. In the article below, we go into further details and update the information offered in our previous article on business visas, as well as give answers to the following questions. How to Obtain the 5-Days Visa (VOA) for Shenzhen – Index Why visit Shenzhen? Who

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Traveling to Ningxia, the Smallest Province in China

Leave a Comment / Travel around China / By Armando Turturici / 10 minutes of reading

Glowing temple by Carsten Ullrich Ningxia (宁夏), whose capital is Yinchuan (银川), is technically the smallest Chinese province, but also an autonomous region in China on the border with Inner Mongolia with a population exceeding six million three hundred thousand inhabitants. In Yinchuan, there’s an airport with a discreet network of connections, but this shouldn’t

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Jiuzhaigou – Planning a trip to the gem of northern Sichuan

31 Comments / Travel around China / By Harley Greenberg / 14 minutes of reading

Jiuzhaigou National Park Jiuzhaigou along with Tibet it is one of the two most popular destinations in western China. This article was written by Harley Greenberg, who lives in Chengdu, Sichuan, and works with a local travel agency. It’s a guide to visit Northern Sichuan and is going to focus on the following points: Challenges

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The Holy Lakes of Tibet (Photo Essays)

5 Comments / Travel around China / By Sapore di Cina / 5 minutes of reading

Before to visit a country, or a region, we all have a general idea of what to expect. And, unless we research our trip in advance, this idea is usually wrong. I was expecting to find a barren land composed by mountains and rocks in Tibet. Conversely, the Eastern Tibet plateau is a green land

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How to Get a Chinese Visa in London, UK

2 Comments / Travel around China, Visas / By Sapore di Cina / 6 minutes of reading

In this article you’ll find a complete guide for getting a Chinese visa in London, United Kingdom. Keep in mind that what you’ll read is all the fruit of my personal experience, since it is here in London, where I applied for – and received – my eighth Chinese visa. Keep reading to learn: Where

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The Book Market near the Temple of Confucius in Shanghai

2 Comments / Travel around China / By Gianluca Falso / 6 minutes of reading

Xuegong Jie (学宫街) and Laodaoqian Jie (老道前街) are two small streets in the Huangpu District of Shanghai. The streets are packed, full of life. There are low houses, street food, and there’s no lack of bicycles and electric bikes that weave through passersby and merchants. But what makes it special is that the two roads

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Traveling to Shaoxing: a Visit to the City of Lu Xun

Leave a Comment / Travel around China / By Gianluca Falso / 4 minutes of reading

Shaoxing is located in the northern part of the Zhejiang region, very close to famous Hangzhou and about an hour and a half by train from Shanghai. The city is considered one of the water towns found in the region south of the Yangtze River, like the more famous Suzhou and Wuzhen, by way of

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Traveling to Chongqing, the “Spicy” City

Leave a Comment / Travel around China / By Armando Turturici / 20 minutes of reading

Chongqing by Rita Heine I decided to write this article to pay homage to one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited: Chongqing (重庆). My history with this city began in February 2016. Every time I think about the days I spent in Chongqing I get a lump in my throat… and think

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Traveling to Guizhou Province, Homeland to a Third of China’s Ethnic Minorities

1 Comment / Travel around China / By Gianluca Falso / 12 minutes of reading

Located in the southeastern part of China, Guizhou Province is formed by rice paddies, soft hills full of terraces, villages that stand out of the clouds and the songs and colors of the minorities that populate the region. Even though the province is considered one of the poorest in China, both from a gross internal

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A visit to the Unit 731 Museum in Harbin

1 Comment / Travel around China / By Mimmo Carrino / 12 minutes of reading

It’s about ten in the morning when we leave our hotel in the center of Harbin and we quickly hurry towards the closest bus stop looking for bus number 338 which, according to the tourist map taken from a hotel near the station the night before should bring us to the Unit 731 Museum. “If

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