Cities

A Qiqihar travel guide begins on the windy edge of the Manchurian plain, where the Nenjiang River spreads into a mosaic of reeds, pools, and open sky. Qiqihar, in western…

A Panjin travel guide usually opens with one image: a coastal wetland painted the colour of red wine by a plant called Suaeda salsa. Panjin, in Liaoning province at the…

Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province in eastern China, is the city most foreign travelers skip on their way between Shanghai and Huangshan. That is a real mistake. This fast-modernizing…

Sanming sits in the mountainous interior of Fujian, China, a province better known for Xiamen and its coast. This Sanming travel guide focuses on Taining, where red Danxia sandstone forms…

Huizhou lies on the eastern shore of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong, China, about an hour from Shenzhen and two from Guangzhou. This Huizhou travel guide covers its Taoist…

Yulin sits in southeastern Guangxi, China, a region better known for Guilin’s peaks but rich in its own underestimated sights. This Yulin travel guide covers the city’s famous wooden tower,…

Shannan, Tibet, China is the cradle of Tibetan civilization, lying southeast of Lhasa along the gentle Yarlung River valley. For travelers putting together a broader plan, Shannan is usually visited…

Aksu, Xinjiang, China sits on the northern rim of the Tarim Basin, where the Tarim River bends through one of the driest yet most historically rich corners of the country….

Down in the southeastern corner of Gansu Province, where the loess plateau finally dissolves into the green mountains of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Longnan is a forgotten corner of China that…

Just across the Wei River from Xi’an lies Xianyang, the city that served as the capital of China’s first unified empire. While millions of visitors flock to Xi’an for the…