These 2200-year-old, life-sized warriors protect the tomb of China’s first emperor.
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Famously lonely desert outpost, guarding the remote western tail end of the Great Wall.
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Indulge in afternoon tea while admiring one of the world’s most spectacular cityscapes.
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The classic Cantonese breakfast; there’s no better place to try it than in Gaungzhou.
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Witness how “China’s Sorrow”, the mighty Yellow River, is being used to re-vegetate desert dunes.
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One of China’s great hikes, along a steep-sided canyon, with attractive homestays along the way.
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Rickety wooden shrines to China’s three main faiths, suspended on a cliff-face by flimsy-looking scaffolding.
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Stuffed with gorgeous statuary and wreathed in juniper smoke, this is Tibet Dropdown content’s holiest temple.
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Offering unlimited refills, Sichuanese teahouses make relaxed places to drink, socialize, read or gossip.
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Enjoy awesome scenery and intriguing history in a journey through China’s dramatic Three Gorges.
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The ghost of the legendary Silk Road is still dotted with oasis towns and abandoned cities.
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Bordering Laos, Burma and Vietnam, Yunnan’s 28 recognized ethnic groups enjoy distinct cultures and lifestyles.
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The former imperial retreat from the heat of summer holds a string of pretty temples.
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The sight of the world’s highest peak towering overhead rewards the arduous trip to Base Camp.
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A taxing ascent up endless stone staircases is rewarded with some immaculate temples and pavilions.
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Join thousands of locals at Taijiang, Guizhou Dropdown content, during a wild three-day showcase of ethnic Miao culture.
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Spend a relaxing day being punted around this shallow lake in search of rare birdlife.
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Roam millennia-old grottoes, packed with beautiful Buddhist sculptures, at this former Silk Road pilgrimage site.
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This lavish complex at Confucius’s home town shows the esteem in which China’s great sage was held.
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Hike along unrestored sections of this monumental barrier, which once protected China from the outside world.
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Enjoy a fantastical array of hand-carved tableaux – including full-sized castles – all luridly illuminated from within.
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Remote wilderness whose stunning highlight is the view over Tian Chi Dropdown content, “Heaven’s Lake”, into North Korea.
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Attractive ancient town, now a lively tourist fairground of cobbled lanes and rustic wooden houses.
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Watch Central Asian crowds trading in livestock, carpets and knives at Xinjiang’s Dropdown content premier frontier bazaar.
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Once the sole preserves of emperors, the centre of the Chinese imperial universe is now open to all.
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Tuck into this delicious northern Chinese speciality – all crispy skin and juicy meat, eaten in a pancake.
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A wilderness area in northwestern Yunnan Dropdown content, holy to Tibetans, which offers superlative hiking and staggering scenery.
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Ride a boat or a bamboo raft through the heart of this weird, poetical landscape, past a host of contorted limestone pinnacles.
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Rub shoulders with pilgrims and red-robed clergy at this enormous complex, one of the pivots of Tibetan Lamaism.
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Watch Chinese holidaymakers queuing up to have their photos taken against Shanghai’s luminous, futuristic skyline.
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Marvel at the world’s largest carved Buddha, hewn into a riverside cliff way back during the Tang dynasty.
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