Month: July 2012
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Top 18 Things to Do in Beijing
Beijing, the capital of China, lies just south of the rim of the Central Asian Steppes and is separated from the Gobi Desert by a green chain of mountains, over […]
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Yuanyang Terraces
Located about 300km south of Kunming,Yuanyang Terraces lies in Yuanyang County, southeastern Yunnan province. With a total area of 11,000 hectares, Yuanyang Terraces is regarded as the largest and most […]
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Stone Forest
Stone Forest (Shilin 石林 in Chinese) is 83km from Kunming and has a complete range of karst formations. Both Chinese and overseas geologists have proved that the Stone Forest is […]
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Badaling Great Wall
Badaling Great Wall is situated in Yanqing County, over 70 kilometers north of Beijing. Badaling means “giving access to every direction”. The name itself reminds us of its historical and […]
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Juyongguan Great Wall
Juyongguan Great Wall is about 60 kilometers from Beijing downtown, in the northeast of Changping District, an hour drive from Beijing City. Juyongguan Great Wall was first built in the […]
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Jinshanling Great Wall
Jinshanling Great Wall is about 140 kilometers northeast of Beijing city, Jinshanling Section connects to the Simatai Section of the wall in the east and Gubeikou section in the west. […]
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Mutianyu Great Wall
Mutianyu Great Wall (慕田峪长城), 79 km northeast of Beijing, a good hiking place! Mutianyu Great Wall is connected with Juyongguan Pass in the west and Gubeikou Gateway in the east. […]
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The Yangtze River
The Yangtze River (or Changjiang in Chinese), over 6,300 kilometers long, is the largest and longest river in China, and the third-longest in the world, next only to the Nile […]
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Shennong Stream
Shennong Stream is a 60-kilometer tributary of the Yangtze River, originates in the southern part of Shennongjia Natural Reserve and joins the Yangtze at Xirangkou in Hubei’s Badong County. Shennong […]
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Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest dam – and one of mankind’s greatest engineering projects. The Three Gorges Dam Project was completed in 2009. Situated at Sandouping Town of […]
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Fengdu Ghost City
Fengdu, also called the “City of Ghosts”, is 170 kilometers (105 miles) east of Chongqing situated on the northern bank of Yangtze River between Zhongxian and Fuling. This small town […]
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Xiling Gorge
Xiling Gorge starts at Xiang Xi and zigzags for 76 kilometres (47 miles) down to Yichang . It is the longest and historically the most dangerous of the Yangtze gorges, […]
