Journey to the wild, wild West

2011-06-14 13:38:51

Drawn by the romance of the far west, Liu Qi ventures into the vast desert in Ningxia where she makes friends with a camel before heading south on other adventures near the Silk Road.

Connecting the peoples of two lands by air

2011-06-13 17:04:04

Alitalia's roundtrip nonstop flight route between Beijing and Rome opened on June 2, providing "great incentives to boost mutual communications between China and Italy".

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".

Mudslingers get dirty

2011-06-09 15:58:56

Slathering one another with fistfuls of muck is the mainstay of the Va ethnic group's Monihei Festival in Yunnan province.

Xi’an blooms as flower expo begins

2011-06-09 07:57:55

Xi'an, one of the country's famed ancient capitals, is celebrating its flower power with the World Horticulture Expo.

In the footsteps of giants

2011-06-09 07:57:55

The newly popular 'red tours' take visitors on the same route the Red Army took on its Long March.

Running for the hills

2011-06-07 15:23:10

The mountain retreat of Moganshan no longer ranks as Zhejiang province's best-kept secret, so you'd better hurry if you still want it to yourself

Capital attractions

2011-06-03 11:02:40

After seeing Beijing's world-famous sites, check out these less-traveled gems.

Make art with sand at the Horticultural Expo

2011-05-31 15:30:14

Sand sculptures based on various legendary figures and sceneries are on show at one of the exhibition areas for the 2011 Horticultural Exposition underway in China's historical city of Xi'an.