Category: China travel / tourism
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May weather in Beijing
It seems to be a well known joke that the weather plays a large part in British communication. Actually though even if they don’t make it their talking point centre piece, the weather does actually play a huge part in everyone’s lives. And in many, many cases around the world, is responsible for the termination…
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2023 China May Day Holiday
As we mentioned in last Tuesdays post, from Saturday April 28th to last Wednesday May 3rd was China’s first May or Labour Day holiday since Covid restrictions in 2020. Like most of China’s economy, the travel industry and those associated with tourism took a heavy financial hit as people either chose to stay home, or…
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China to Laos by train, some wet fun in Yunnan
In previous posts we have noted how, over the past few years, China growth has come largely from fellow Asian countries, driven by the Belt and Road project. We take a look at one of these today. There has also been a trend for Chinese to travel more locally. Locally as in Asia. Gone are…
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China Holiday Stats – Graphic
With the Chinese New Year, Spring Festival holiday now rapidly becoming a distant memory, lets take a graphic at some stats.
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China’s Rush to get Home
Last Friday, Spring Festival 2023 ended, millions of Chinese began the long road home to be back at work Saturday. We take a quick look in pictures.
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China Business News – Jan 2023
Chinese New Year. Always a special occasion in China. This year as it is the first since Covid Zero back in 2019. So quick a news round up.
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Up in a puff of smoke
Today, we take a quick unscientific look or forecast perhaps of China’s fortunes for 2023 and some background to Chinese New Year Day – China’s Spring Festival.
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China’s Rush to get away
Today is the eve of the Lunar New Year Eve, an event Chinese look forward to every year. The great migration. Major holiday. Boom time for travel. We view it through the camera’s eye.
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A Little Germany in China
This Friday we thought we’d take a trip to a lesser known part of China – comparatively speaking. Reminder: links and QR codes we feature are tested safe by us.
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Bustling Beijing Returns
Last Wednesday Jan 3rd was the first official working day of 2023. Let’s see how this played out in Beijing.
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China’s Hidden Beauty
Autumn, in most places, brings out natures beauty. China is no exception. And in the cooler, drier northern China provinces, nature puts on quite a show. We’ll take a quick peek.
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Seven Rivers of China
Rain, floods, drought and rivers make up a fair amount of the international news from China. Let’s look at those rivers.
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Build your own Jet liner
Welcome back after the long China National Day holiday. Today we are looking at building your own jet liner in just a few easy steps.
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Hangzhou’s newest station
Today we touring again, visiting Hangzhou. Our commentary today is brief, mostly as an explainer to some of the images in the gallery below. So, very quickly: Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang province, situated a tad south of Shanghai. If you’re still non the wiser we’d like to refer you back to this wonderful…
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Glamour Camping in China
This is a short follow up to an earlier article, learning E-com from China:
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A Camping Lockdown
Covid has upended lives around the world. Let’s see how some Chinese are camping to circumvent lockdowns.
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Top China E-com locations
E-commerce is a big driver of China’s economy. Just a few provinces stand out, but where exactly?
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Kill time at Beijing Capital Airport?
Last Tuesday we mentioned the Holiland Bakery as a good place if you have time to kill at Beijing Capital Airport.
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Summer Selling in China
Dependent on where you live, you may know of these as popup stores, car boot sales, fete or jumble sales. Lets look at the China version.
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