China

Pros: Modern China is nothing like what we'd expected...
Cons: Incredibly hot, humid, and polluted

Once upon a time, about 20 years ago, the President of the US, the Premier of the Soviet Union, and the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party were at a secret meeting to which they had brought no one but a driver for the Chinese leader. On ...

Pros: breath-taking scenery,pollution-free waterway despite tourists' intrusion
Cons: have to push one's way through the crowd to board the ferry

Guilin is well-known for the breath-taking scenery on the banks of the Li River.But few realised that the beauty of the river itself lies in its non-polluted state with its crystal-clear water that shows the fish swimming and the moss-covered round...

Pros: Lots to see, Beautiful historical buildings
Cons: Run-down areas, Communism

Review Topic: China is a land of many contrasts, from the opulence of the old dynasties to the modern excess of Hong Kong, from the abject poverty of many of its people, to the Communist overtones.

I spent eleven days touring Guilin,...

Pros: Moonlight is really romantic, and moon cake tastes really good
Cons: none

This is the second part of the two-part introduction to the Chinese lunar calendar. In the first part, I gave a general introduction of the lunar calendar, and described in detail about the three lunar calendar holidays in the first half of the year....

Pros: A great look at North Korea from this bustling Chinese Border city.
Cons: People don't really speak English anywhere in this town.

Introduction,  The city of Dandong is a city with 600.000 inhabitants located in the North East of the People's Republic of China, a country in Asia. Dandong is a bustling border town connected by bridge to the Democratic ...

Pros: the real China is still there- see it while you can
Cons: none unless it is the some day sad disappearance of this China

I will do my best here to give you a taste of the China I have experienced in my seven months of living here as an American teaching English. I need a month of your time and the willingness to seek out the "real" China and you can see Beijing, Shanghai,...

Pros: FOOD, inexpensive everything
Cons: crossing the street, perhaps too much sightseeing, lower standard of living

The last summer before college seems to be the most popular time for many people my age to visit (perhaps for the 1st time) their home country. Being Chinese myself, my parents decided that it would be a good idea for me to experience The Motherland this...

Pros: Cheap food, generous people, laided back lifestyle
Cons: trust no one, theft is huge

I like many other people have always wanted to go to China. I don't know exactly why, but I have always like Chinese food and culture. Also like many people I found a way to go on someone else's dime, I'm here teaching English. Okay so like many ...

Pros: Good reason to take a day off
Cons: aren't we having enough holidays already?

Review Topic:  Events & Festivals

This is a long overdue finish of my introduction to the Chinese lunar calendar. I apologize if you have been waiting for this one for too long.

In the first two parts of my...

Pros: A very interesting part of Chinese culture
Cons: complicated

Tomorrow (September 12) is the Middle Autumn Festival in China. This is a traditional Chinese festival on the lunar calendar that still runs parallel in China to the solar calendar shared by most other places in the world.

Lunar calendar has...

Pros: Otherliness, cheap food everywhere, safety, adequate transit, bicycles, eye-opening realities
Cons: 1.3 Billion - a bit much! Languages, dirt, "mejo!", sexism - more of too much

China is a large, vibrant, ancient civilization about which tens of thousands of books have been written. You owe it to yourself, as a human, to see the people who comprise one-sixth of our planet. My journey there was a reluctant one, a chance byway...

Pros: Many, many, many.....
Cons: many, many, many.....

This is going to be the first of many reviews I will post here to talk about China. They will come one by one, not necessary on a regular basis, and each of them will focus on something about China that usually not mentioned by travel introduction of...

Pros: Lots of diverse culture, exciting human adventures
Cons: Extremely polluted, language barrier, lack of rules or laws

I was born in China and didn't leave until 15. While away, I missed the land, the people, and the food immensely. However, every time when I went back visiting friends and family, I was reminded of exactly why I left the country and never looked back....

Pros: This is my first review.hope you like it!
Cons: Jinsha museum hasn't been built.

For many years, Sichuan has engaged worldwide attention not only with its tantalizing food and incredible natural scenery but also its astonishing archeological discoveries now and again. In February 2001, this province in southwest China became the ...

Pros: Bargain price, a look at the real China with local Chinese
Cons: Lower standard of care

$999 for an all-expenses, 11 day trip including round-trip airfare from San Francisco to China, 4 star hotels (5 star in Beijing and Shanghai), 3 meals a day, admittance to the tourist areas that charge fees, plus transportation within China to 5 cities...