Ya’an Travel Guide: Panda Valley, Misty Tea Mountains and Shangli Old Town
Ya’an sits on the western edge of the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Province, where the Tibetan Plateau begins to rise and the air turns misty and green. A useful Ya’an…
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Liupanshui Travel Guide: China’s Cool Capital and the Wumeng Highlands
Liupanshui sits in the western highlands of Guizhou Province, at an altitude that keeps it cool even in midsummer, which is exactly why it earns the nickname China’s Cool Capital….
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Qinzhou Travel Guide: Pink Dolphins, Mangroves and Nixing Clay Pottery
Qinzhou lies on the coast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, west of Beihai and south of Nanning, and offers a gentler, greener face of southern China. A thoughtful Qinzhou travel…
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Jieyang Travel Guide: The Quiet Third City of the Chaoshan Food Triangle
Jieyang sits in the eastern corner of Guangdong Province, part of the Chaoshan region that also includes the better-known cities of Chaozhou and Shantou. A good Jieyang travel guide should…
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Zhangzhou Travel Guide: Volcanic Coast, Old Arcades and Dongshan Island
Zhangzhou sits in the southern part of Fujian Province, immediately southwest of Xiamen, and remains one of the most rewarding yet overlooked stops on a southern China itinerary. A proper…
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Jingzhou Travel Guide: Three Kingdoms History Inside an Intact City Wall
Jingzhou, in central Hubei Province on the banks of the Yangtze, is a city where more than two thousand years of history sit inside one of the best-preserved ancient city…
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Changde Travel Guide: Peach Blossom Spring and Hunan’s Riverside Poetry Wall
Changde, in northwest Hunan Province, is a green, river-crossed city that most foreign visitors pass without knowing it exists. That is a pity, because Changde holds two genuinely unusual attractions….
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Anyang Travel Guide: Oracle Bones, Yin Ruins and the Red Flag Canal
Anyang, in the far north of Henan Province on the border with Hebei, is one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. It was the last capital of the Shang dynasty,…
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Liaocheng Travel Guide: The Grand Canal Water City of Western Shandong
Liaocheng, in western Shandong Province, is often called the “Water City of the North” because its historic core wraps around Dongchang Lake, one of the largest inner-city lakes in China….
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Weifang Travel Guide: China’s Kite Capital and the Old City of Qingzhou
Weifang, a mid-sized city in central Shandong Province, is known around the world as the birthplace of the modern kite and the host of the annual Weifang International Kite Festival….
