Party Sets Up Special Bureau for Xinjiang
The Chinese Communist Party has established a new bureau for Xinjiang within its United Front Work...
tourism
“Chinese Tour Groups Suck”
At Startup Grind on Medium (h/t Matthew Sheehan’s Chinafornia newsletter), Panpan Wang...
Anxiety Increasing for Chinese Overseas
As many Chinese—encouraged by official media—see their country as the target of foreign plots,...
China Wary of G20 Upsets: Politics, Pollution, Protests
Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, has undergone a major facelift in the past year...
Mogao Buddhist Caves Face a New Threat: Tourists
The Mogao Caves in Gansu’s historic city of Dunhuang are a trove of Buddhist and Silk Road...
Beijing Restricting Hui Islam While Courting Tourists
As members of the predominately Muslim Uighur ethnic minority have found increased restrictions on...
A Travel Agency’s Warning for Tourists in Taiwan
Growing tourism between China and Taiwan is part of an array of heightened contacts meant, from...
Tibet Closed to Foreigners Again, But Tourism Booms
At CNN, Katie Hunt reports that the Tibet Autonomous Region is closed to all foreign visitors and...
Interview With Hong Mei, Author of ‘The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get to Me’
As notoriously smoggy cities and a rising yuan seem to be discouraging inbound tourism to mainland...
The Great Chinese Exodus
At the Wall Street Journal, Andrew Browne explores the various reasons Chinese citizens choose to...
Braving the Forbidden City in a Wheelchair
The Wall Street Journal’s Josh Chin describes a visit to the Forbidden City by Judith...
Trends Shift in Tourism To and From China
The number of foreign tourists visiting Beijing last year is set to show a nearly 10% drop from...
Yunnan Town Razed in Fire
The fire that broke out early Saturday morning in Dukezong, Yunnan, has destroyed much of the...
Ancient Town in Yunnan Catches Fire (Updated)
Dukezong in Shangri-la County, Yunnan, is a town which was built during the Tang Dynasty along the...
Chinese Icebreaker Retreats from Trapped Research Ship
China’s Xue Long (“Snow Dragon”) icebreaker made a solo attempt to rescue an...
China’s Bohemian Wanderlust Not For Everyone
While some well-to-do young Chinese have opted out of the smog and drudgery of rapid urbanization...
Past Leaders’ Birthday Celebrations Under Scrutiny
Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Xi Zhongxun, father of current president Xi...
Touch Screens Distract Graffiti-Prone Tourists
While authorities try to rein in unruly tourists with a new 64-page instruction booklet, staff at...
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