When people think of Hainan they mostly think about the Sanya beaches, probably the closest you can get in China to a good beach, but if – like me – you’d like to try and see a bit more than
Forbidden City : Beijing
If there was ever any place that I’ve really wanted to visit in China long before I ever knew what China was really about, it was probably Beijing – with its Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. The
Hulishan Fortress : Xiamen
Being the lovely and prosperous coastal Chinese town that it is, Xiamen naturally has some strategic significance and that obviously lends to some interesting history. There’s not much available in English on Xiamen’s role in many of the conflicts China
Shanghai Museum
Located just off from People’s Square is the relatively new and architecturally impressive Shanghai Museum, hosting a large variety of Chinese related artifacts. With 4 floors and over 11 galleries and special exhibitions showing over a 120000 artifacts, there’s really
Guangzhou – Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
Spending a few days at Guangzhou and being generally impressed with how modern and well developed most of central Guangzhou is, I kept wondering where the ancient Canton capital’s history is hiding. There are a few older areas and special
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou
I was a bit surprised the first time I realized that Sun Yat Sen (孫中山, Sun Zhong Shan) is considered to be the founding father of the modern Chinese nation by both China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. From biographies I