Lodging & Dining

Sooner or later, usually at a round table with a lazy Susan and far too many dishes on it, someone will fill a thimble-sized cup with a clear liquid and…

Every autumn, roughly from the middle of September, something close to a national obsession takes hold across the lower Yangtze. Restaurant windows fill with tanks of dark, furry-clawed crabs tied…

You will smell it before you see it. Somewhere down a side street in Liuzhou, a warm, sour, faintly barnyard aroma drifts out of a shopfront and stops you mid-step….

Somewhere around the third hour of a long ride, the trolley comes rattling down the aisle and you have to make a decision you did not prepare for. Food on…

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that belongs only to the eleven-hour connection: too long to sit upright in a departure lounge, too short to justify a taxi into…

Serviced apartments in China are the accommodation most visitors overlook, yet they are often the smartest choice once your trip passes the one-week mark. Unlike a hotel room, a serviced…

Booking hotels in China as a foreigner is usually straightforward, but the system has one quirk that catches many first-time visitors off guard: some hotels will simply refuse your reservation…

A China hotel chains comparison is the fastest way to take the guesswork out of where you sleep on the mainland. Unlike in Europe or North America, where travellers default…

Soaking in natural hot springs, known as wenquan, is one of China’s oldest leisure traditions, and today the country pairs that heritage with modern resort comfort. This China hot spring…

Western visitors often assume China has no dessert culture, because sweets are rarely served as a separate course after dinner. In fact, this Chinese desserts guide shows that China has…