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T+L tackles one of the world's most mystifying destinations with ideas to help you plan a successful trip to China.
Read the articleDestinations: China · Beijing · Shanghai · Guilin · Lijiang · Hangzhou · Jian Tang Town · Taiyuan · Xi'an · Tianjin
Themes: Arts + Culture · Hotels + Resorts · Shopping
Inspired by: China Made Easy — by Aric Chen, Published Jul. 2008
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Set along the dramatic limestone peaks of Guilin within a contemporary sculpture park, the recently revamped, 46-room hotel resembles a grass-covered
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When it opened, 1,358 foot-tall the Park Hyatt Shanghai stole the title of world's tallest hotel (from its sister property across the street, the Gran
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The eagerly anticipated Mandarin Oriental, Beijing, in a dramatically angled tower within the Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren–designed CCTV complex, is
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The capital’s boutique hotel scene gets a boost with the 99-room Opposite House, in the burgeoning Sanlitun area; it’s the first property from the rec
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Muted spa-like rooms (blond-wood furniture; white leather sofas) atop a 66-story skyscraper—the tallest on Chang’an Avenue.
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Over-the-top opulence reigns at this vaunted, century-old hotel—which is, appropriately, closer than any other to Beijing’s singularly grand Forbidden
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One of the Ritz-Carlton’s new-look hotels, this funky, modern Financial Street outpost bears no traces of the chain’s signature country-estate grandeu
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Lijiang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as “the Venice of Asia” for its centuries-old network of canals and bridges, sits in a forested nook of mo
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Guest quarters are decorated with vivid thangkas and woolen carpets in the rich rust and maroon hues that are a local trademark, and each has an open
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Paul Andreu's delightfully zany China National Grand Theater, a.k.a. the Alien Egg, opened its doors in 2006.
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This groundbreaking gallery is set in one of the capital’s most intriguing developments—a former state munitions factory turned into an 80,000-square-
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It doesn’t have a street address—which is only fitting for a place that was once considered the center of the universe. The Forbidden City’s vast, gor
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Capable of holding a million people, the 100-acre Tiananmen is the world’s largest public square. Built in 1949, when the Communist Party took power,
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It isn't often that a building defines a city, and even becomes its icon, but that seems destined to be the case of Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuro
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Also known as Factory 798, this Bauhaus-style complex houses the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.
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The Jinci Temple weaves a thread between Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism.
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The museum offers a superb survey of the region’s 5,000-year history.
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Savor the raucous energy of the Kundu Night Market.
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Visit this 17th-century temple in Kunming.
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Visit this 15th-century temple in Kunming.
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View the Buddhist sculptures in the Hanging Temple of Mount Hengshan, which clings precipitously to the side of a cliff.
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Take a side trip to see the Buddhist sculptures in the Yungang Grottoes.
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See the Shang dynasty bronze relics in this Xi'an museum.
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The leafy, rustic French Concession is the favored destination for cutting-edge fashion and designs for the home.
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A day trip to the Great Wall is an absolute must when in Beijing. The only question is, what part to visit? This ancient masterwork (which, in a faile
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The Taoist temple where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors once prayed for good harvests has some of the most exquisitely graceful architecture in the cit
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A man with a PhD in Chemistry from Oxford may not be the first person you’d expect to start a Tibetan textiles company, but that’s exactly what Chris
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For really distinctive souvenirs, avoid the dreary state-run stores and samey hotel-lobby shops in favor of this boisterous, treasure-filled market. T
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It must have been quite a schlep for emperors of old—who traveled in slow-moving palanquins along with hundreds of courtiers to get to this beautiful,
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Beijing, Shenzhen, Hainan, Dongguan
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