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Tibet

Girl praying at an ancient temple

Review: Tea Horse Road by Michael Freeman and Selena Ahmed

For many travelers, one of the difficult aspects of setting aside the time and money for a trip to China is that it’s hard to know what you’re getting yourself in for until you’re stepping...
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Rice Terraces in the south of China

China Drawing More ‘Golden Years’ Travelers

China drawing more ‘golden years’ travelers.One of the most exciting and positive travel trends over the past decade has been the rapid growth of youth-focused education travel programs coming to China  – but there’s also...
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Tibetan Buddhism Flags

Trail Tribulations

Ancient tea and Horse Caravan Trip: The following is an excerpt from “Trail Tribulations” by Paul Mooney, South China Morning Post———–Ouyang Shangxian worked briefly on the trail. His classic Shaxi courtyard house is indicative of...
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Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

Development vs conservation in Yunnan

Beautiful and diverse, southwestern China’s Yunnan province is not only one of our most popular destinations, it is where WildChina was born. In the initial stages of China’s dizzyingly fast modernization, Yunnan avoided much of...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

Tibet Travel Ban Doesn’t Include All of China’s Tibetan Regions

Tibet travel ban doesn’t include all of China’s Tibetan regions.Unfortunate travel news out of Tibet: foreign travelers are not being allowed into Tibet this month and no clear timetable for when they will be allowed...
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui

China Takes Another Step Toward Protecting Cultural Heritage

Tradition and modernity are colliding throughout villages in ChinaLast September we told you about Chinese questioning the value of World Heritage Site status. And in December, we noted that local officials around China were starting...
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Imperial dragon patterns

The Shangri-La Effect

Named one of the “up-and-coming” places to visit, it seems that the word “Shangri-La” is everywhere. The term, which is said to “evoke imagery of exoticism of the Orient,” has initiated a circular series of...
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Girl praying at an ancient temple

Things to see and do in Shangri-La, Yunnan

The following post is an excerpt from Catherine Bodry, a writer for AOL’s Gadling Travel Blog.Gadling’s last stop on Yunnan’s ancient tea horse road was Shangri-la, China, a high-altitude Tibetan city named after the mythical town in John...
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Candles in a Buddhist temple

Want to experience China differently? Go west!

As noted earlier, China is already the world’s number-three destination for international travel. Many travelers nowadays have already made one or two trips to China, but more often than not, they’re visiting the coast, possibly...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

Home for the Holidays: China’s Busiest Travel Season

Today marks the beginning of the busiest travel season in China: from January 21 to February 27, China’s skies, roads, and rails will be inundated as an expected 640 million people, from every corner of...
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