Timeless charm

2011-07-04 17:41:54

This is an ancient village untouched by war and chaos, and beautiful in its tranquility.

Red riding journey

2011-06-24 10:53:51

'Red tours' are red hot and take visitors on a Long March down memory lane.

Happy place

2011-06-17 11:18:55

Visitors to the Fujian capital will quickly discover why the city is called 'region of happiness'.

Pearl on the Yangtze

2011-06-10 10:23:03

Wuxi is considered a town of natural beauty and its motto is "city of water and warmth".

Wrapped in history

2011-05-30 15:14:42

Pauline D. Loh suggests some sweet dumplings for the occasion to celebrate Duanwu,or the Dragon Boat Festival.

Suzhou: Heaven on Earth

2011-05-15 07:50:49

Time-tested adages sing praises of Suzhou, and Michael Paul Franklin finds it's not hard to understand why on a recent visit.

China gears up for 1st national tourism day

2011-05-19 11:04:59

From offering ticket discounts to organizing activities, China's cities and provinces are gearing up for the country's first national tourism day, which falls on May 19, 2011.

Temple of retreat

2011-04-13 18:14:44

With a history of over 1700 years Lingyin Temple, or "Soul's Retreat Temple", is the oldest Buddhist monastery in Hangzhou, capital city of eastern China's Zhejiang province.

Parting ways with pandas

2011-05-05 07:54:22

The Wolong region covers some 200,000 hectares of rich vegetation in Wenchuan county of western Sichuan province. It is home to 10 percent of the world's wild giant pandas and was home to more than 60 percent of its captive-bred population until an 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit the province in 2008. All the pandas in the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas, based in Wolong town, had to be moved to a safer location after the earthquake.