Wangfujing, one of the most famous streets in Beijing, was once the preserve of members of the imperial court. Today its big brand names and its Beijing Department Store (housed in a building from the Maoist era) make it the perfe..
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Located in the historic Dongcheng area and perpendicular to Wangfujing Dajie the main shopping street of Beijing, Wangfujing Xiaochijie is a street worth visiting. Stalls, food stands and small restaurants line this perpetually bu..
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When you hear the name "Beijing", you immediately think of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the symbols of imperial China and this nation’s very long history. However the Chinese capital, a megalopolis of 18 mill..
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In most major cities trams disappeared long ago but in Hong Kong the old-fashioned service is still going strong with tens of thousands of using them each day.
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House prices in Hong Kong are among the highest in the world, and that even applies to final resting places. With cemetery plots scarce and costly, more and more families in this southern Chinese territory are opting for funerals ..
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Tianjin Eco-City in China looks is being touted as a model for sustainable living in this rapidly urbanising and heavily polluted country, whose congested, smog-choked cities are becoming increasingly unliveable.
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Land of tycoons, Hong Kong whets the appetites of financiers and the fantasies of day-traders. But the Pearl of the Orient also attracts those in search of adventure. In Hong Kong, it seems like everything is still possible. A tou..
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North Korea will reopen to tourists on January 10, less than a month after strongman Kim Jong-Il died, a tour organiser said Friday, in a sign of a return to normality in the isolated state.
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In December, Club Med launched its first village in the ski resort of Yabuli in China’s far north, barely 120 miles from Vladivostock.
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The Chinese National Grand Theatre, a work by French architect Paul Andreu, welcomed on 25 September this year its first performance, The Red Detachment of Women, the famous Chinese revolutionary ballet. It will open its doors to ..
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All the shops and restaurants I have recommended are situated mainly in the Gulou district.
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For 10 years, painter, writer and illustrator Hippolyte Romain has been having a love affair with Beijing, going there every three months. We follow him step by step through Gulou, one of the districts of this metropolis which wil..
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