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Welcome to China Unhurried, and why it exists

Planning · Panda · 1 month ago

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Do the Terracotta Army backwards: Pit 3, Pit 2, then Pit 1

Xi'an 西安 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Give Kunming two days on the way west, not a stopover of two hours

Kunming 昆明 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Hunan Museum tickets go a week ahead and vanish at weekends

Changsha 长沙 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Do the cable car and the river views after dark, and queue on the south bank

Chongqing 重庆 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Cruise or raft, decide by how much time you want on the water

Guilin 桂林 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Zhangjiajie is not a day trip from Changsha — give it two nights

Changsha 长沙 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Be at the panda base for opening or do not bother going

Chengdu 成都 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Sort your payments and data in Shanghai before you head inland

Shanghai 上海 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Kumbum early in the morning, when the pilgrims outnumber the visitors

Xining 西宁 · Panda · 1 month ago

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April is peony month, which means flowers and a full city

Luoyang 洛阳 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Stay in the Former French Concession and give the Bund one evening

Shanghai 上海 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Give Yungang half a day, and start at the far end of the cliff

Datong 大同 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Tiger Leaping Gorge is a two-day walk, not an afternoon photo stop

Lijiang 丽江 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Walk the West Lake causeways at dawn, then again at dusk

Hangzhou 杭州 · Panda · 1 month ago · 1 found this useful

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The whole country runs on Beijing time, so Dali's evenings arrive late

Dali 大理 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Lu Xun's Hometown is free, and still needs a booking on busy days

Shaoxing 绍兴 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Longmen in the afternoon, west bank first, for the light on the Buddhas

Luoyang 洛阳 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Summer Harbin is nearly empty, and the food is in Daowai either way

Harbin 哈尔滨 · Panda · 1 month ago

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Come midweek — Shanghai empties into Hangzhou at the weekend

Hangzhou 杭州 · Panda · 1 month ago

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