Guizhou's mountainous terrain has limited transport with the rest of China and helped preserve its countryside and traditional lives of the minority people.
The lesser travelled part of Xinjiang is a difficult place to visit made worthwhile by its contrasts, not least between its harsh beauty and the friendliness of the people.
The water towns of Jiangsu are so famous that copies are springing up all over China. The originals are well preserved and deservedly popular tourist destinations
In my 6th year of living in China there has been little to celebrate. So why not mark this anniversary with the best of Chinas experiences compacted into a week of excess? - 6 days of decadence to mark 6 years of life here.
Hainan is a subtropical oval blob of island that sits in the south China sea. Tourism is booming as those escaping the freezing winters of the north are drawn to the 'Hawaii of the East'.
I’m not a big fan of zoos, seeing animals caged up or living in concrete enclosures is depressing, so I wasn’t looking forward to visiting Beijing Zoo. But as it is the oldest zoo in China and a major tourist attraction, I need to see it myself.
The Lantern Festival traditionally marked with fireworks, sweet dumplings and of course lanterns is, like November the 5th, falling victim to modern health and safety concerns.