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Sparkling with self-assurance and confidence, Dalian is Northeast China’s most dynamic and attractive city. It is famed throughout China for its top-notch hotels, progressive economy, modern and European-style architecture, football team, and cleanliness. Located at the southernmost point of ...

An industrial city on the eastern shores of the Liaoning Gulf, Jinzhou is visited mainly for its storehouse of Jurassic period fossils, of which more than 300 are housed in the private Wenya Museum. Set up by the amateur ...

Presided over by a statue of Mao Zedong in the heart of city, Dandong is located along the Yalu Jiang (Yalu River) in the eastern part of Liaoning province. It would have been little more than an obscure outpost, ...

Capital of Liaoning Province and the largest city in the Northeast, Shenyang may lack the panache of Dalian, but it serves as an important transport and industrial hub at the heart of the province. Of strategic importance in the state of Yan during the Warring States Period, the city was ...

A small highway town at the end of the Li River Cruise, Yangshuo is surrounded by some spectacular karst hills interspersed with green paddy fields. It was nothing more than a rural marketplace until the late 1980s, when it became popular with visitors taking the cruise from Guilin. Not as ...

Nestled in the southern half of the Guangxi province, only 200 km from the Vietnamese border, the Guangxi capital, Nanning is somewhat removed from the rest of the province. Founded in the Song Dynasty, Nanning became the provincial capital ...

Guilin is renowned for its karst peaks, most under 198 m high. Dotted throughout the city, they are particularly concentrated along the Li River to the south of city. Guilin dates back to the Qin era, and by the 6th century AD, its hills were already inspiring poets. Under the ...

I have already introduced all scenic spots of Beijing in the preceding articles. I think that it is necessary to write an article about Beijing China tours tips. Maybe you are planning to travel to Beijing, but if you have never been to China, Beijing is a strange ...

Founded as a garrison town in the 13th century, Anshun grew into a prosperous trading post, mainly because of its strategic position along the overland trade routes between central and southwestern China. Today's city survives on tourism, subsistence farming, ...

Founded during the Han era, Guiyang remained a minor provincial center until it became the capital of Guizhou in the early 20th century. The city is situated in a valley along the little Nanming River, protected from the unlucky northern direction by high hills. Guiyang means "South of the Mountains," ...