Destinations

English author James Hilton first coined the name Shangri-La in his novel Lost Horizon in 1933. In this fictitious paradise, various religions...

The panda is acclaimed in China. It was mentioned in dictionaries more than 2,000 years ago and the imperial garden is said to have housed one....

As the saying goes, in Shanghai, you can see a hundred years of Chinese history. In Beijing, you can see one thousand years, but in Xian, the...

China is the first nation to manufacture true porcelain in the world, thus its name, China. Jindezhen in Jiangxi Province is reputed as The...

Touch the sky in Lhasa the city that Tibetans hold dear as the economic and spiritual center of their homeland. Lhasa is home to a number of...

Underneath Shanghai’s cosmopolitan veneer and reputation as the Paris of East is a city steeped in tradition and historical relics. Walk...

On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts (a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years.) The rivers have carved...

Sichuan’s capital, Chengdu City is a terrific place to unwind and enjoy life’s little pleasures. Its location is known as the Country...

In Beijing, you see a thousand years of China, but in Xian, you experience more than three thousand. Xian is the ancient capital of China and has...