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Giant Pandas of Chengdu in China

Date: 2008-3-31 by terry; Tags: Giant Pandas

Giant PandaIt's no secret that China has obliterated scores of its irreplaceable natural resources. What I mean to say, in fact, is that China had lost some the greatest part of its wildlife due to deforestation, internal and international black market and corruption. I speak here in the past, for nowadays China has spun the clock backwards, so to speak. With the world's eyes on China, especially with t ... View Details

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Dirty Mining Region to Paradise under the Heaven

Date: 2008-3-31 by gina; Tags: China Tour China travel

Suzhou PictureThis trip was full of contrasts from the rather dirty areas of Datong-Pingyao to the very scenic sections later. Datong Very smoggy, in a huge coal area with around 10,000 coal mines, poor and dingy miners villages with the remains of ancient fortifications just dotted around, eg old beacon towers, or bits of old wall, built of rammed mud, crumbling now, all mixed up with modern city developme ... View Details

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Beijing, Xian Tour

Date: 2008-3-31 by lissy; Tags: Beijing Tour Xian tour

no photos3rd, December As we landed in Beijing, a cold, dry wind hit us. Beijing is located in northern China, which means that winter there can be extremely cold. The Beijing International airport is pretty far way from downtown Beijing. Streams of Taxies were quietly waiting there for customers. It would take you 70 by taxi to the downtown so we decided to take the shuttle bus. The airport hall wa ... View Details

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My Heart is Left in Qingdao

Date: 2008-3-31 by lavender0108; Tags: Qingdao

QingdaoAt a fine day in autumn, I come to Qingdao for a visit, a beautiful garden city on the shore of Yellow Sea in China. On arrival, I marvel at the charms of Qingdao. The city is clean and tidy, with nature remaining unspoiled and unique architecture. Western Qingdao is the ancient building area full of classical beauty. The buildings here are deeply influenced by the western architecture. Chinese pa ... View Details

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Dali, I will return someday

Date: 2008-3-28 by Karen; Tags: Dali

no photosTwo friends and I visited southwest China's Yunnan region last November. Although it is not the best season to travel there, we also had a great time. We arrived at Dali early in the morning after a 7 hours' journey on an overnight train from Kunming. Bus trip from Kunming is around 3 hours' shorter, only taking 4 hours and we think we will try the bus next time. My first impression of Dali was ... View Details

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