Cities

Taicang sits on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary, a compact Jiangsu city that most foreign visitors pass by on their way between Shanghai and Suzhou. That is…

This Maoming travel guide is for travelers who want a Guangdong beach holiday without the crowds and prices of the province’s headline resorts. Maoming sits on the southwest coast of…

This Dongguan travel guide makes the case for a city that most travelers only see from a train window between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Dongguan, in the heart of the Pearl…

This Changzhi travel guide is for travelers who want the drama of Shanxi’s mountains without the tour-bus throngs of the famous northern sights. Changzhi lies in the southeast corner of…

This Jinzhou travel guide covers a city most foreign visitors skip — and that is exactly why it rewards the curious. Jinzhou sits in the Liaoxi corridor of Liaoning province,…

This Huanggang travel guide is for travelers who have already ticked off Wuhan and want a slower, more local slice of Hubei. Huanggang sits on the north bank of the…

Yichun, in the western part of Jiangxi province, is not the better-known Yichun up in Heilongjiang, so do check your tickets. This Yichun travel guide covers the Jiangxi one, a…

Ji’an, in the hilly center of Jiangxi province, is one of those Chinese cities that wears two distinct stories at once. This Ji’an travel guide is for travelers who want…

Shangqiu rarely appears on first-time China lists, and that is exactly why it is worth a visit. This Shangqiu travel guide is for travelers who like layers of history you…

Most visitors to Henan rush from Zhengzhou to Luoyang and stop there. This Xuchang travel guide makes the case for a stop in between. Xuchang, in central Henan, was the…