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Jan 23, 2012
Hong Kong Chinese New Year
A summary of the Hong Kong Chinese New Year Cantonese traditions.
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Jan 14, 2012
China Travel Golden Route - A Life Time Experience
A native Chinese walks you through the China travel golden route. It is an ideal routing for your first visit to China. Sightseeing tips and language aid.
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Jan 14, 2012
Macau Food
Macau food and Portuguese food are super stars of food in Macau. Eating out should be one of your major Macau travel objectives.
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Jan 14, 2012
A Day Trip to Macau
Macau is an hour from Hong Kong by ferry. You would find large and beautiful casinos and great Portuguese food here. An ideal destination for a day trip from Hong Kong.
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Jan 12, 2012
Hong Kong Skyline
Hong Kong skyline is extremely stunning! A Symphony of Lights held every 8pm makes it even more spectacular.
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Jan 9, 2012
Brief History of China
Things you see on the golden route are tightly bond with China history. Let's walk through the 5000 years brief history of China, from a traveler’s perspective.
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Jan 4, 2012
Great Wall of China
Your Great Wall of China experience is guaranteed to be unforgettable. It is the number one place you should visit during your Beijing travel, or even China travel.
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Dec 5, 2011
Career
The author of China Travel Golden Route is actually a headhunter. Here is her page on career, giving some advices to job seekers.
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Nov 23, 2011
Li River Cruise
Li River cruise is perhaps the most scenic cruises on earth. You must be thrilled by this stunningly beautiful journey along the China travel golden route.
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Nov 22, 2011
Terra Cotta Warriors of Xian
Terra Cotta Warriors is a full-scale replication of the Qin Dynasty Army of 2000 years ago. They attract millions of visitors to Xian each year.
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Nov 6, 2011
Macau Casinos
You must visit Macau casinos while travelling on the golden route of China. This little town next to Hong Kong, is to overtake Las Vegas Strip in 2007 as the world’s gaming capital.
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Nov 3, 2011
Ocean Park, Hong Kong
Ocean Park is the world's 7th most popular amusement park. Take your kids here to learn about marine animals while having fun in Hong Kong.
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Nov 1, 2011
Xian Incident
Xian Incident is an extremely critical event in contemporary Chinese history. As a result, Chiang Kai Shek agreed to form a united front with CCP to go against Japanese invasion.
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Oct 28, 2011
Hong Kong Travel
Hong Kong travel is going to offer a completely different experience from any other cities on the China travel golden route. Here you you’ll witness how ‘one country, two systems’ works.
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Oct 27, 2011
Beijing Tour
Having a Beijing tour is actually walking through the history of China from ancient to recent times. Spend a week in Beijing if possible to discover the best of China travel.
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Oct 26, 2011
Chinese Food Picture
This Chinese food picture gallery focuses on details of Xian dumpling feast and mutton hot pot. Both are must-eat items when you travel China.
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Oct 26, 2011
Cave Formation
While you visit the fabulous limestone caves in Guilin, do you want to know how about cave formation? This page tells you how limestone caves are formed.
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Oct 19, 2011
The Peak of Hong Kong
The Peak of Hong Kong is the number one tourist destination here. It is the best place to view the world-famous Victoria Harbour and have a panoramic view of Hong Kong.
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Oct 18, 2011
Great Wall of China tour
Chinese refer a Great Wall of China tour to be a life-time experience. Let's browse the four most famous sections of the Great Wall in Beijing and make the best plan.
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Oct 15, 2011
Learn Cantonese for Hong Kong Travel
Learn Cantonese for Hong Kong travel is just a matter of fun. English is widely used in Hong Kong.
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Oct 15, 2011
Chinese Language
In this chapter, we are going to get familiar with the Chinese Language before visiting China. We'll learn to read Chinese names. We'll also try to learn Mandarin and Cantonese.
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Oct 15, 2011
Chinese Olympic Champions
2008 Olympics is going to be held in China. Would you want to know how Chinese did in the previous Olympics? Check Anna's favourite Chinese Olympic champions and their profiles.
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Oct 14, 2011
China and Hong Kong Weather
Please check this page on China and Hong Kong weather before packing your suitcase for visiting the China travel golden route.
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Oct 14, 2011
Empress Dowager Cixi
Bio of Empress dowager Cixi who ruled over China (behind the curtain) between 1861 and 1909. She's also the woman who embezzled the fund reserved for building a navy fleet.
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Oct 14, 2011
Shanghai Day Trip
What would be the best things to do in a Shanghai day trip? See this page for tips.
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Oct 14, 2011
Hong Kong Flights and Beijing Flights
Want to visit China? Start by looking for flight to Hong Kong or Beijng. There are numerous Hong Kong flights and Beijing flights, connecting both cities to the world.
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Oct 13, 2011
Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a typical Buddhist architecture from Tang Dynasty. It is 1300 years old, a place rich inTang Dynasty culture.
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Oct 13, 2011
History of the Great Wall of China; Who built the Great Wall of China
The history of the Great Wall of China is tightly bond with the question who built the Great Wall of China. I am going to talk about these two subjects together.
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Oct 11, 2011
Guilin
Guilin has the best hills and waters in China. It is also one of the most beautiful cities in China. Some foreigners even stay and start their families here.
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Oct 8, 2011
Free Stuff - Everything Free Here
Free stuff finely selected by China Travel Golden Route. Free download of professional images and videos and many others.
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Oct 8, 2011
Learn Mandarin for China Travel
Learn Mandarin is easy. Speak Mandarin is fun. It will add extra fun to your China travel. Take your time and you can do it.
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Oct 4, 2011
Beijing Duck Houses
Get to know the top five Beijing duck houses in Beijing. Learn the art of eating Beijing duck.
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Oct 3, 2011
Window of the World
Window of the World is an ideal day trip from Hong Kong. Your day trip guide to experience of travelling around the world in one day!
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Oct 2, 2011
China Visa
All foreigers must acquire a China visa before traveling to China.
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Oct 2, 2011
Cantonese Cuisine in Hong Kong
Cantonese Cuisine in Hong Kong dominates the culinary market. It has two distinct features of simple and fresh. You must to have try at one seafood dinner in Hong Kong.
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Oct 1, 2011
Shopping in Hong Kong
Shopping in Hong Kong is going to be lots of fun. Hong Kong shopping is famous for its competitive prices and enormous varieties of products.
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Sep 29, 2011
Hong Kong Shopping Malls
Hong Kong shopping malls are world-class for sure. They are going to offer you incredible shopping expereince in Hong Kong
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Sep 28, 2011
Beijing Food
This is a report of my Beijing food tour 2007. If you want to eat the best Chinese food in Beijing, follow my footprint.
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Sep 28, 2011
Ancient Chinese civilization - Banpo Village
Banpo Neolithic Village is a place where we can witness ancient Chinese civilization from 6,000 years back. It has distinct features of a matriarchal society.
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Sep 27, 2011
How long is the Great Wall of China
Scientifically, how long is the Great Wall of China? We'll soon have a definate answer base on China Government's latest survey with state-of-the-art technologies.
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Sep 26, 2011
China Foods
China foods are delicious. Please make an effort to taste all the China foods that I recommend in this chapter. Otherwise you'll miss the best of the best.
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Sep 26, 2011
Chinese Food in Beijing
There are lots of yummy authentic Chinese food in Beijing that you must try. Mongolian hot pot and many others. See my suggestions here.
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Sep 25, 2011
Hong Kong at Night
Hong Kong at night has the most beautiful in the world. There are many interesting things to do to spend a night in Hong Kong.
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Sep 22, 2011
Chinese Food Photo
My Chinese food photo gallery is a collection of my favourite Chinese food which I am recommending for your China travel. Don't miss them.
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Sep 22, 2011
Qin Shi Huang
Bio of Qin Shi Huang – the first Emperor of Qin Dynasty. He had the greatest and longest-lasting influence among all rulers in Chinese history.
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Sep 20, 2011
Giant Panda in Macau
Macau Giant Panda Pavilion is now opened. Other new sightseeing spots include The Mandarin's House and the Macau Science Center.
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Sep 18, 2011
Macau Sightseeing
Macau Sightseeing destinations are Fishersman's Wharf, Macau Tower, Macau Museum and the Historic Centre of Macao.
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Jul 25, 2011
Disneyland Hong Kong - Price Increase in August 2011
Disneyland Hong Kong is celebrating its 5th anniversary in 2011 by price increase. Effective August 1, the Park’s Day Pass will go up to HK$399 which is a 14% increase. I went there just before the price raise.
Though there are lots of fun inside the Park, but you need to be well prepared if you go on a hot summer day. I’ve gathered some tips based on my experience yesterday. Click the link below.
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Jul 25, 2011
Disneyland Hong Kong
A day trip to Disneyland Hong Kong, the newest Disney theme park in the world.
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Jun 21, 2011
China Vacation
A resources page in which you'll find all tools to plan your China vacation and booking of day trips.
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