Lying on the south coast of the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao (not a bad choice for your China vacations) is a city of picturesque red-tiled roofs nestled between green hills and blue sea. The mild climate, the bathing beach, and Mount Laoshan make Qingdao (not a bad…
Nanning is the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwest China. It is the center of the Zhuang culture, China’s largest minority at well over 15 million people. The city has been closely involved in relationships with neighboring Vietnam, both positive and negative,…
Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province, is a major stop on the ancient “Silk Road” west of Xi’an. Situated on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Lanzhou has been important for thousands of years because of the Hexi Corridor, or “Corridor West of the Yellow…
Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, is known as the “city of eternal spring.” Located in the middle of the Yunan Plateau 6,300 feet above sea level, subtropical Kunming is skirted by mountains to the north, east, and west, while to the south lies a…
36 Hours in Hong Kong New York Times, April 8, 2007 – HONG KONG’s newest tourist attraction, a 25-minute cable-car ride over the rugged green hills of Lantau Island, says a lot about this former British colony. Ngong Ping 360 demonstrates Hong Kong’s fascination with…
Hengyang is the second largest city of China’s Hunan Province. It straddles the Xiang River about 160 km south of Changsha, Hunan’s capital. Hengyang has an area of 15,310 square kilometers and a population of 7,189,500.Hengyang is a busy and growing industrial city and the…
Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, which borders Russia in the north. Situated in the middle reaches of the Songhua River, it is a busy river port. With several highways and railways converging at Harbin, the city is an important transportation hub in northeastern…
Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in east China, lies close to the mouth of the Qiantang River at the western end of the Gulf of Hangzhou. Hangzhou was a small fishing village until late in the sixth century, when the extension of the Grand…
Haikou is the capital of Hainan Province and Special Economic Zone, a tropical island just south of Guangdong. Separated from the mainland by the 30-kilometer-wide Qiongzhou Channel, Haikou is the main port and business center for the island, a tropical city with streets lined with…
Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou Province, the People’s Republic of China. Guiyang is located in central Guizhou province, situated on the east of the Yungui Plateau, and on the north bank of the Nanming River, a branch of the Wujiang River. The city has…