China Travel News

LIJIANG, Southwest China -- The Beijing Olympic torch relay in World Heritage City Lijiang started at 8:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday at the People's Square in Southwest China's Yunnan Province,...  Detail

China Central Meteorological Office reports that in the next two days, South of Yangtze River, South China and eastern parts of Southwest China will be overcast and rainy. From June 10 to 11,...  Detail

(BEIJING, May 29) -- The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, Paralympic.beijing2008.cn, was launched on Friday, May 29, on the occasion of the 100-day countdown to the start of...  Detail

Chinese top snooker player Ding Junhui serves as the first torchbearer. (JIXI, May 30) -- President Hu Jintao's hometown of Jixi in Anhui Province became the setting for the Beijing Olympic Torch...  Detail

A representative of IOC (L2) presents some posters featuring Beijing Olympic mascots to China’s earthquake-hit areas. Photo Gallery>> (BEIJING, May 29) -- The posters of the previous Olympic...  Detail

PHNOM PENH, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will send a 15-member delegation to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing in August with eye on swimming and marathon medals, English-Khmer language...  Detail

WUHAN, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch relay in central China's Hubei province will kick off on Saturday in Wuhan, Yichang, and Jingzhou city with shortened route, provincial government official...  Detail

A lowered telephone booth at Beijing Capital International Airport. [China Daily] Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) will be barrier-free by the end of June for the greater convenience of...  Detail

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has approved a 39.45-billion-yuan ($5.52 billion) plan to build a high-speed passenger rail between Shanghai and Nanjing, the Xinhua News Agency...  Detail