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Festivals & great weather make autumn a great time for China travel

Fall is a beautiful time to come to China – the rain and humidity of the summer lifts, the sky clears and the air becomes a bit more crisp.  Landscapes and nature reserves throughout the...
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Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

Traveler’s Voice: Thrilled with our tour company, but not seduced by China

The following post was written by Jan Heininger and Jamie Reuter, WildChina clients who traveled with us for two and half weeks in October of 2010.  Their journey took them through Beijing, Tibet, Yunnan Province. Guangxi...
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Fisherman in YangShuo

WildChina pends journeys along the Southern Silk Road

Due to recent disturbances in Kashgar and Khotan of Xinjiang province, WildChina does not recommend trips to the area at this time. No WildChina travelers are in this area at this time. As always, WildChina...
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Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

Discover Danba – Tibetan gem in western Sichuan

Traveling is easy these days. Planes, trains and ferries criss-cross the globe, Google maps and GPS can pinpoint your location in minute detail, and thousands of guidebooks, websites and blogs provide real-time information on almost...
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Candles in a Buddhist temple

WildChina does not recommend the Beijing to Shanghai rail

For transfers between Beijing and Shanghai, WildChina highly suggests that travelers do not take the high-speed railway due to reports of massive delays and the need for improved service standards. Please note that no WildChina...
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Fisherman in YangShuo

Tibet Expressway Opens

Travel to Tibet just got more convenient: the government has just finished a 38km highway linking Gonggar airport and Lhasa. At the ribbon-cutting on the 17th, government officials including Xi Jinping officially opened the 4...
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Buddhist sculpture and art

Boutique Hotels in Beijing

Beijing boasts a variety of boutique hotels, but many of these are tucked away in hutongs (Beijing’s ancient neighborhoods) and remain secret oases from the frenzy of Beijing’s busiest streets where most of the larger...
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Imperial dragon patterns

WildChina realigns leadership team to better serve guests

We would like to announce that WildChina is realigning its leadership team to better serve guests. All will be effective July 15, 2011. To begin, founder Zhang Mei will be “coming home”, making a permanent...
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Fisherman in YangShuo

NEW HOTEL: Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai

On April 18 of this past spring the Waldorf Astoria in Shanghai opened its doors to receive its first clients. The elegant neoclassical architecture, bright white stone and stately columns of Shanghai’s new Waldorf Astoria,...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

A Weekend in Shanghai

A few posts ago, we announced the opening of the commercial high-speed rail that connects passengers between Beijing and Shanghai in less than 5 hours: a remarkable feat. Before the high-speed rail opened on July...
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