Blog Tag - tourism
It's always interesting writing about travel while on the edge of a major travel period. Well, if you didn't make any plans already, wait until...
I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a Minotaur lurking in the depths of Beijing’s hutongs. The seemingly endless system of fractal-esque footpaths...
Ritz-Carlton is hitting the links for the first time in China. The Ritz-Carlton, Mission Hills, will open in late 2015 near Haikou, the capital of ...
Looks like more and more people want to fly to Beijing. Or away from it. Regardless, the big travel news this week is that Air China plans to double...
This is beginning to feel like a story we could write every quarter using auto-fill. In August 2013 we wrote "Pollution Causes 14 Percent Drop in...
City Scene is a regular feature in the Beijinger magazine in which we take a more sobering look at some surprising statistics. This month, we wonder...
As wonderful as it would be to present a whole bunch of last-minute Spring Festival/Chinese New Year travel deals, this year it seems there just...
Beijing huanyinged* fewer tourists from January to November, 2013, a drop of 10.3 percent year on year, China Daily reported Monday.
That's bad news...
Beijing's diversity and Internet anonymity make for strange bedfellows. Nowhere is this more true than in our website's Classified Ads section. We'...
With all the latest regulations and addded hassle acquiring a visa in Beijing, it's easy to think that the Washington Post may have been on to...
Chinese tourists may have a bad reputation for defacing ancient monuments, abusing native wildlife and other generally boorish behavior, but when...
“Black taxis” (黑车) picking up passengers on Beijing streets are a familiar sight in the capital, but the side businesses that these private vehicles...
China has long been known as a country of red, but on this map featured in the Washington Post, the Middle Kingdom is red for a very different...
Former Beijing-based writer Jennifer Conrad has written a list of "Eight Lesser-Known Places to Visit in China" for Seattle-based travel site...
We strolled by Wangfujing Night Market and counted the number of stalls that sell outrageous things on sticks. Just give this to tourists and save...