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China
The Gobi desert
in the north/west, Himalaya mountains in the south-you will need
plenty of time to explore the most populated country on earth.
Shanghai, Beijing and Xi'an are all stand alone destinations in
their own right. The Great Wall is a must see-it will blow you
away.
Area : 9,571,300
sq km
Population :
1.350.000.000-yep, this is no mistake
Capital :
Beijing
Major Cities : Shanghai,
Beijing , Jinan, Lanzhou, Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Dongguan,
Changchun, Nanjing, Xi'an, Guilin, Chongqing, Kunming, Qingdao,
Lijiang, Harbin, Wuhan ; Jilin ; Guangzhou (Canton),
Chengdu(Sichuan), Kashgar(Silk Road)
Language :
Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese
Major religions :
Buddhism,Christianity
Currency :
Renminbi (People's Money)
GNI per capita :
$1100
Internet domain :
.cn
Phonecode : #
86
Hotels : Westin, Beijing
; Raffles Hotel, Beijing ; The Kerry Center Hotel (Shangri La),
Beijing ; The Peninsula Palace, Beijing ; St Regis Hotel, Bejing ;
Hilton Beijing Wangfujing ; Ritz-Carlton, Financial Street,
Beijing ; The Morgan 7 Star Plaza, Beijing ; The Peninsula Palace
Beijing ; Red Capital Residence Club, Beijing ; Grand Hyatt,
Beijing ; Hotel Cote Cour SL, Beijing ; Hotel G, Beijing ; Crowne
Plaza, Beijing ; Lusongyuan, Dong Chan, Beijing ; Bamboo
Garden Hotel, Beijing ; Hotel Cote Coure SL, Beijing ; The Opposite
House (TOH), Beijing ; Red Capital Ranch, Mutianyu section of Great
Wall ; The Commune, Great Wall of China, Beijing ; Jianguo, Beijing
; Raffles, Beijing ; Renaissance Beijing Capital (all glass
bathroom with spectacular views) ; Peninsula Shanghai ; Pullman,
Shanghai ; Grand Hyatt, Shanghai ; URBN, Shanghai ; Le Royal
Meridien, Shanghai ; Hotel One, Shanghai ; Four Seasons Hotel,
Shanghai ; Hua Ting and Towers, Shanghai ; Taiyuan Villa, Shanghai
; Mansion, Shanghai Peace Hotel, Shanghai ; Fairmont Peace Hotel
(formerly Cathay Hotel), Schanghai ; Jia, Shanghai ; Han Tang
Xintiandi, Shanghai ; Shangri-La Shanghai ; Park Hotel, Shanghai ;
Sheraton Pudong ; St Regis Pudong ; PuLi Hotel & Spa, Shanghai
; Amanfayun, West Lake near Shanghai ; Fuchun Resort, Hangzhou ;
Hotel One Suzhou ; Sofitel, Jinan ; Crowne Plaza, Jinan ; Banyan
Tree Ringha, Yunnan Province ; Shangri-La Changchun ; Shangri La
Hangzhou ; Raffles, Tianjin; Banyan Tree Sanya, Hainan ; Kayumanis,
Nanjing ; Regalia Resort & Spa, Suzhou ;
Restaurants : Blu
Lobster, Shangri-La, Beijing ; Huanng Ting, Peninsula Hotel,
Beijing ; Cepe, Ritz-Carlton, Beijing ; Qi, Ritz-Carlton, Beijing ;
The Courtyard, Dongchang District, Beijing ; Capital M , Beijing ;
The China Club, Beijing ; People 8, Beijing ; Da Dong Roast Duck,
Chaoyang, Beijing ; Bookworm Cafe, Beijing ; Li Qun Roast Duck
Restaurant, Dong Chan, Beijing ; Red Capital Club, Dong Chan,
Beijing ; Made in China, Grand Hyatt, Beijing ; Pure Lotus, Holiday
Inn Lido, Beijing ; Centro, Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing ; Green T
House, Sanlitun, Beijing ; Sanlitun Lu and Sanlitun North ; Donghua
Men Night Food Market, Beijing ; La Jia Cai, Deshengmennei Dajie,
Beijing ; The LAN Club, Beijing ; Qu Nar, Chaoyang, Beijing ;
Paper, Dongcheng, Beijing ; Dazhaimen Restaurant of Family Bai
(near the Summer Palace ; Ye Shanghai, Shanghai ; Yongfoo Elite,
Shanghai ; The Cupola at Three on the Bund, Shanghai ; Yuyuan
Gourmet Street, Shanghai ; Huanghe Lu Gourmet Street, Shanghai;
Issimo, Shanghai ; Nanxiang Dumpling House, Shanghai ; Nanling
Restaurant, Shanghai ; T8, Luwan District, Shanghai ; Face at the
RuiJin, Shanghai ; Lang Xin, Schanghai ; Old Shanghai Teahouse :
Three on the Bund, Shanghai ; Top of Peace Hotel, Shanghai ;
Sichuan Citizen, Schanghai ; Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restauarant,
Shanghai ; Shanghai food : for Shanghainese:Whampoa
Club-Hunan: Gu
Yi/Di Shoi Dong-Sichuan: Pin Chuan-Yunnan: Lost Heaven on
the Bund/Southern Barbarian-Euro: M on the Bund/Sir
Elly's Restaurant/Mesa-Japanese: Shintori -Spanish: El Willy
-Fusion: Mr
Willis ; The Ba Shu Xuan, Guangzhou
Bars & Cafes : World
of Suzie Wong, Beijing ; Brown's, Sanlitun Nanlu, Beijing ; Bed
Tapas and Bar, Jiugulou Dajie, Beijing ; Maggies, Beijing ; Whampoa
Club Beijing, Financial Street ; Lan Club , Beijing ; Redmoon Bar,
Grand Hyatt, Beijing ; Writers Bar, Raffles Hotel, Beijing ; Lan,
Twin Towers Jianguomenwai Dajie, Beijing ; Bad Monkey's Bar, Dali,
Yunnan Province ; Bar Rouge, Shanghai ; Glamour Bar at the M,
Shanghai ; DR Bar, Xintiandi, Shanghai ; Cloud 9, 87th floor Hyatt,
Shanghai ; Peoples 7, Shanghai ; Sahas's, Shanghai ; New Heights,
Shanghai ; Cotton Club, Shanghai ; Laris, Shanghai ; Gu Yuan
Antique Tea House, Schanghai ; Ding Tai Fung, Xin Tian Di,
Schanghai ;
Shopping : Silk Street
Market, Beijing ; Hongquiao Market, Beijing ; Jinsong Market (Dirt
Market), Beijing ; Panjiayuan Market, Beijing ; Wangfujing Street,
Beijing ; XiuShui Street Markets ; Yashow Markets (great
suits/shirts), Beijing ; 798 Space Markets, Beijing ; 50 Moganshan
Lu, Shanghai ; Schanghai Nr 1 Department Store ; Henry's, Shanghai
; Xintiandi, Nanjing Road ; Lanes 210 & 248 , Taikang Road,
Shanghai ; Rou Rou boutique, Schanghai ; Nanjing Road,
Shanghai ; Hauahai Road, Shanghai ; Fabric Market, Donmen Road,
Shanghai ; Dongtai Lu Antique Market Shanghai ; Yuyuan Tourist
Mart, Shanghai ; Cangbao Antiques Market
Attractions : Forbidden
City, Beijing ; Great Wall ; Reverie, Chinese Acrobats, Beijing ;
Tiananmen Square, Beijing-the largest square in the world ; Ben Hai
Park, Beijing ; Madam Mao's Red Flag Limo (with caviar), Beijing ;
Eastern Qing Tombs, Beijing ; Beijing Zoo(Pandas) ; Beijing
Opera ; Hohai Lake, Beijing ; Summer Palace, Beijing ; 2008 Olympic
Park, including Water Cube and Birds Nest Stadium, Beijing ; Great
Hall of People, Tiananmen Square, Beijing ; Bell and Drum
Tower, Beijing ; Maglev high speed train from Shanghai
airport to the CBD ; Bund/Padong Shanghai ; Oriental Pearl Tower,
Shanghai ; The Peoples Square, Shanghai ; Jade Buddha Temple,
Shanghai ; Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, Shanghai ; Chinatown, Shanghai
old city ; Yuyuan Gardens, Shanghai ; Yuyuan Bazaar, Shanghai ;
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall ; Shanghai Museum ;
Shanghai Gallery of Art ; For views of Shanghai -Jinmao Dasha Tower
building Pudong ; Xitang-water village(mini Venice) 90 minutes from
Shanghai ; Tibet Express Train to Lhasa ; Hainan ; Terra-Cotta
Warriors and Soldiers, Xián ; Shaoshan, Mao's birthplace ; Wolong
Nature Reserve, Chengdu ; Giant Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan Province ;
Three Gorges Dam ; Cruise Wuxia Gorge and Qutang Gorge ; Fengdu
(ghost city ) ; Stone Forest Scenic Resort, Kunming ; Nine Village
Valley, Sichuan Province ; Renzi Waterfall, Mount Huang, Anhui
Province ; Giant Panda Breeding Area, Wolong ; Yue Chinese Opera,
Shanghai ; Tsingtao Brewery, Qingdao
Spas : Quan Spa,
Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel
Major
Cities : Shanghai, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Nanjing,
Dalian, Chengdu, Wuhan, Jinan
Airports :
Beijing (BJS) 25KM N/E of city ; Shanghai(SHA)
Must play 18 @ : Spring
City Golf & Lake Resort -Lake and Mountain courses (Kunming),
Schenzhen G.C. (Schenzhen), Yalong G.C. (Hainan Island) ; Mission
Hills Golf Club, Shenzen
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