Beijing Travel Tips
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If your visions of Beijing are centered around pods of Maoist revolutionaries in buttoned-down tunics performing exercises in Tiananmen Square, put them to rest: this city has embarked on a new-millennium rollercoaster and it's taking the rest of China with it.
One of China's true ancient citadels, today's Beijing is an aspiring, confident and modern city that seems assured of its destiny to rule over China into the future. The orderly seat of Communist power in China retraces every architectural mood swing, from narrow alleys from centuries past to blank Soviet-style monuments and shimmering high-rise towers.
The Summer Palace
You can't miss a visit to the most perfectly preserved imperial garden. The Summer Palace has been inscribed on the World Heritage list by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ... Continue Reading »
Beijing Suggested Itineraries
Beijing is a wonderful mixture of the ancient and the modern, the past and the present. A true ancient citadel with a history of Emperors and temples, it is now the seat of communist power with a ... Continue Reading »
Beijing
You cannot miss to see the places of "The Last Emperor" of Bernardo Bertolucci. Experience this city with your own private guide and you will discover as much as you can; there are plenty ... Continue Reading »
Beijing: The 4 Best Sights from China’s Imperial Past
Beijing is home to some of the finest treasures of China ’s imperial past. The UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Forbidden City; the Temple of Heaven; the Summer Palace and the Great Wall are ... Continue Reading »
Beijing Day Trips to the Great Wall of China
No visit to China would be complete without a visit to the Great Wall of China. Luckily, just such an achievement is an easy hop, step and a jump from beautiful Beijing in China’s north. The ... Continue Reading »
Beijing Festivals – July to September
Tanzhesi Temple Zen Tea Culture Festival – Jul. 7 to Sep. 10 2011 One of Beijing’s oldest and best-known temples, the Tanzhesi (or Tanzhe) Temple is holding a Zen Tea Culture Festival from July ... Continue Reading »
Beijing Temples
These days the temples Beijing builds may be more to the gods of business than harvests as modern skyscrapers pop up, but this ancient city is also rich in temples redolent of a more spiritual ... Continue Reading »
Beijing’s Forbidden City
China ’s capital, and one of the most populous cities in the world, Beijing is simply brimming with cultural experiences and sights. The ancient city is China ’s political and cultural center, ... Continue Reading »
Golden Resources Mall in Beijing
The second largest mall in all of Asia, at the Golden Resources Mall you can buy almost anything from cars to tables to diapers. As a consumer mall, it has less of the cultural allure of some of ... Continue Reading »
Markets in Beijing
Shopping in Beijing is a vibrant affair, but notoriously tricky from a practical point of view. Westerners can find themselves bewildered and befuddled without some careful consideration. ... Continue Reading »
National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing
An obvious choice, perhaps, but the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, otherwise known affectionately as “the egg” (because of its shape) is a masterful structure made of ... Continue Reading »
Shopping in Beijing
You can still find many traditional handicrafts in China ’s bustling modern capital. Perhaps the best know are Cloisonné (a popular ancient metalworking technique), Ivory Carving, Lacquer ... Continue Reading »
Summer Palace, Beijing
We spent an afternoon visiting the summer palace ... what is the best the recommendation I can give you ? Simply it's time to leave for China and enjoy the visit. My pictures ... will inspire you ! Continue Reading »
The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway
Tickets for the new Beijing - Shanghai high-speed railway have been selling like hot cakes. The 1,318-kilometer railway officially started operating on July 1 this year with promises to whisk ... Continue Reading »
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