China Travel News

SEOUL -A towering North Korean hotel which Esquire magazine once dubbed "the worst building in the history of mankind" has come back to life with a facade of shiny glass windows affixed to one side...  Detail

SHANGHAI architect-turned-artcollector Sha Aide fell under the influence of Soviet culture in China during his youth, and it continues to play a major role in his life through an almost obsessive...  Detail

FIREWORKS displays will be held in parks across the city on the eve of National Day on October 1. Sites for spectators include Century Park in Pudong New Area, Happy Valley and Fangta Garden in...  Detail

Cape Cod, the peninsula in Massachusetts shaped like a fighter's upraised arm jabbing into the North Atlantic, is famed for its sand dunes, salty air and the Kennedy family. It also has vineyards...  Detail

Thousands of revelers thronged narrow London streets on Sunday to celebrate the annual Notting Hill carnival as authorities ordered a clampdown on deafening sound systems. Organizers were hoping for...  Detail

TRAVELERS will be able to avoid highway congestion and take the subway to Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport in February, based on current construction progress, the builder said yesterday. The city-run...  Detail

Americans will cut their Labor Day holiday travel plans dramatically this year to save money in a tough economy and to keep their children near home at the start of the school year. Some 39.1 million...  Detail

For their one-and-only family getaway this year, the Billingtons checked in to an upscale San Diego resort on Sunday with many of the usual vacation accessories -- bathing suits, board games and golf...  Detail

PARIS is counting on American tourists - and a new law allowing more stores to open on Sundays - to boost tourism revenues pinched by the global financial downturn. The French capital registered a...  Detail

Northeast China is not often the top choice of travelers. This is despite the popularity of the local errenzhuan (a folksy two-person stand-up comedy), and rumors about frequent sightings of China's...  Detail

FOUR Chinese tourists who had a total of more than 10,000 yuan (US$1,463) stolen from their cabins while on a cruise ship in international waters will not get their cash back but have provided a...  Detail

For travelers who like a hotel with a superlative attached, online hotel specialist hotels.com has come with a list of record-breaking hotels. The hotels featured by Hotels.com (www.hotels.com/),...  Detail

HEATHROW Airport has hired a writer-in-residence to chronicle the modern travel experience in hopes of showing frazzled passengers there's more to flying than long lines and waiting. Alain de Botton,...  Detail

James Amar has been coming to China almost every year since 2002 but is still testing the waters. The acclaimed ballet performer and dance director, who has collaborated several times with Chinese...  Detail

FOR their one-and-only family getaway this year, the Billingtons checked in to a San Diego resort in the United States on Sunday with many of the usual vacation accessories - bathing suits, board...  Detail

TIBET Autonomous Region may have become over-developed and bloated with visitors, but there are lesser-known Tibetan areas in neighboring Qinghai Province that retain the inaccessible mystique of...  Detail

NEW YORK – Buzzing through some of the world's busiest airspace, New York's sightseeing helicopters give tourists a bird's-eye view of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty. A...  Detail

From Aug 28 to Sept 4, the history-rich city of Changzhi, Shanxi province, will gather together professional rock climbers from 20 countries to compete in the third Changzhi Taihang Gorge...  Detail

Why China? First, the country is undergoing very rapid economic and social change, developing literally at light speed. This makes China one of the most interesting countries in the world today, and...  Detail

It is hard not to be impressed by the Westin Bund Center Shanghai, with its rooftop crown lighting up the Bund at night and its towering palm trees lending the lobby a tropical flavor that belies the...  Detail

Soak up some natural ambience this summer from the comfort of new fusion restaurant and wine bar 3. Top, the backyard of which spills into Xiangyang Park. The restaurant's interior dcor is homely and...  Detail

They flock to coastal cities and peer at satellite images, observing keenly water temperature data, convection patterns and wind paths. And as soon as they hear the first rumblings, they dash out...  Detail

ALTHOUGH Shanghai tourist numbers bound for Hong Kong increased in July, they were well down compared to the same vacation period last year, city immigration police said yesterday. Tourists leaving...  Detail

BLERIOT-PLAGE, France: One hundred years to the day after Louis Bleriot claimed his place in aviation history, a restored original of his plane successfully crossed the Channel from France to England...  Detail

The northeast province of Groningen in the Netherlands once boasted around 200 castle farms or fortified manor houses yet only 16 have survived the ravages of time. The good news is that many of...  Detail

Those seeking to savor Chinese history and culture quickly now have a new traveling recipe, with China listing, for the first time, 10 must-see streets picked through public voting and a panel review...  Detail

There are few cities in China that can boast of an enormous outdoor nature museum smack in the center of the city, home to a stunning range of beautiful butterflies, beetles and crickets - and also a...  Detail

According to local legends, both the Emperor Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206) BC) and his successor, Emperor Wudi of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), scoured the island paradise of...  Detail

ZHU Junxian just can't stop cycling. The 75-year-old man has traveled more than 105,000 kilometers across the country on his bike. And he just returned on July 17 from his latest epic journey, a trip...  Detail

A TRAVEL agency in northeastern China planned a package tour next week to visit the collapsed Lotus Riverside apartment building in Shanghai's Minhang District. Fenghuang Travel Agency in Shenyang...  Detail