China’s 2019 Holiday Schedule

China’s General Office of the State Council released the country’s official holiday schedule for 2019 through its “Circular about Public Holiday Arrangement” on December 6, 2018. As is traditional, the holiday schedule features two major week-long holidays: the Spring Festival (also known as…

8 Places In China That Will Take Your Breath Away

China is a huge and beautiful country, filled with sprawling rice terraces, breathtaking mountain formations, and intricate temples. Here are 8 Places In China That Will Take Your Breath Away!

What Is Boba And Why Is It So Popular?

Pearl milk tea (珍珠奶茶), sometimes referred to as bubble tea or boba, is a Taiwanese drink most popularly known as a milk tea with tapioca-type balls. The balls are also known as pearls, so the Chinese translation of 珍珠奶茶 is literally pearl (珍珠) milk (奶) tea (茶). “Boba” itself …

“Window of The World” – awesome miniature Theme Park

The “Window of the World” (Chinese: 世界之窗; pinyin: Shìjiè zhī Chuāng) is an amazing replica theme park located in the western part of the city of Shenzhen in China. Created in 1994, the park has become a famous destination in itself.

It has approximately 150 reproductions of some of the…

How to Travel by Bus in China – 2018

When it comes to traveling in China in 2018, most tourist opt to either fly or hop on a train. The reasoning is quite simple: flying is fast and trains are cheap. There are times, however, when China’s massive, intercity bus system is your best (or only!) option. In these…

China ban VPN to businesses and consumers.

Businesses and consumers in China are bracing themselves ahead of a March 31 ban on non-state sanctioned virtual private networks (VPNs), saying regulators have not provided clarity on how the ban will be implemented.

VPNs, which can bypass China’s Great Firewall, the world’s most extensive effort…

China's scariest outdoor attractions

(CNN) — China is increasingly giving America a run for its money as the land of the biggest and the best. As the world’s most populous nation with the world’s second-biggest economy, the self-styled Middle Kingdom is finding new and increasingly nerve-racking ways to attract and entertain tourists….

Top 5 Tourist Scams in China (& How to Avoid Them)

As a tourist in China – or any foreign country – there’s almost no way around it: you’re at high risk to be scammed in some way. You’ve got a big, fat target on your back that says “I have money!”. Scam artists, beggars and sometimes even the “average joe”…

Cash carrying Rules to Enter/Exit in China

Following are detailed cash-carrying rules on China’s entry and exit, by knowing them well will help you stay away from troubles when passing the customs.

12 Beautiful Chinese Buildings That Will Amaze You

From Star Trek Enterprise replicas, massive rings, and even a piano-shaped building, there are plenty of weird Chinese buildings to see. There’s already a lot about China that makes the country unique, but few people consider that China’s crazy architecture might be one of them. Up until about 20…

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