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Regular Direct Chongqing-Bangkok Flights to Be Launched
2012-03-05Xinhua, March 2, 2012 A regular direct route between the southwestern Chinese municipality of Chongqing and the Thai capital of Bangkok will be started on March 23, local Chinese airport authoritie...
Confucius Museum to Be Built in E China
2012-03-01Xinhua, February 29, 2012 Construction on a Confucius museum recently started in east China's Shandong province, local authorities said Tuesday. With an investment of 500 million yuan (79.4 mil...
Chinese Shaolin Monks Rock New York Train Station with Kung Fu show
2012-03-01Xinhua, February 29, 2012 A group of Chinese Shaolin monks on Tuesday performed Chinese Kung Fu at Grand Central Terminal of New York City to promote a new circus show. Together with performers...
History Recorded in the Buildings in Fuzhou
2012-02-27CRI, February 23, 2012 For tourists to Fuzhou, capital city of southern China's Fujian province, there is the oft dismissed area of the Three Workshops and Seven Lanes, which is an area that has b...
Silk Road Reopens to Cultural Exchanges
2012-02-23China Daily, February 22, 2012 Exchanges between China and Turkey began over 2,000 years ago as a result of the ancient Silk Road. To commemorate 40 years of diplomatic relations between the Pe...
Tibetans Start New Year Celebrations
2012-02-23Xinhua, February 22, 2012 Feasts and family gatherings, firecrackers and rituals to dispel ghosts, prayers for health and harvest -- this is how Tibetans across China opened their celebrations for ...
Online Furor Prompts Preservation of Ancient Walls
2012-02-20Xinhua, February 17, 2012 Authorities of central Hunan province vowed Thursday to preserve two sections of ancient walls, dating back to the Song Dynasty (960--1279), after online reports said the ...
Elevated Railway to Run Through Ancient Chinese Capital
2012-02-20Xinhua, February 17, 2012 Visitors to Xi'an, an ancient city with countless historical sites in northwestern China, will soon be able to appreciate the city's heritage as they travel by train 6 to ...
Palace opens more doors to present new face
2012-02-17China Daily, February 15, 2012 The Palace Museum, also well known as the Forbidden City of Beijing, is taking major steps to repair its image after a series of scandals last year, said its new cura...
Civil Servants to Speak English in Xi'an
2012-02-17China Daily, February 15, 2012 All civil servants under the age of 40 will be able to speak English by the year 2015, according to Xi'an Evening News Tuesday. Civil servants with a university de...
Tibet Received 8.7 mln Tourists Last Year
2012-02-14Xinhua, February 13, 2012 Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region received 8.7 million tourists in 2011, up 26.9 percent year-on-year, local authorities revealed Monday. The number of domestic...
Leisure Resort to Bring Serious Fun to Sichuan
2012-02-10China Daily, February 9, 2012 Qionglai municipal government in Sichuan province and the Chengdu Culture and Tourism Group in Sichuan's provincial capital recently declared they were building a nati...
Wetland Tourism Becomes Bright Spot in Tibet
2012-02-06China Tibet Online, February 3, 2012 Protecting wetland and developing healthy and green tourism has become a bright spot in Tibet's tourism industry, echoing the themeDeveloping tourism with a sen...
Three New Flights to Be Opened This Week to Link Tibet with Other Chinese Cities
2012-02-02Xinhua, February 1, 2012 Tibet Airlines will open three regular flights linking cities in the plateau region of Tibet with other Chinese cities this week in a move to meet growing market demand, a ...
Beijing to Cover Major Tourist Attractions with Free Wireless Broadband Services
2012-02-02Xinhua, February 1, 2012 Tourists to Beijing will soon be able to enjoy free Internet access in the city's numerous tourist attractions owing to a plan to boost the city's tourism services. Bei...
Lunar New Year Celebrations Brew up at Chengdu Tea Houses
2012-01-29Xinhua, January 26, 2012 Dumplings are usually the centerpieces on tables during China's Spring Festival. But in the city of Chengdu, tea -- perhaps the best-known Chinese drink -- is as important...
Direct flights link Huangshan and Taipei
2012-01-20Xinhua, January 18, 2012 Regular direct flights were opened between the Chinese mainland city of Huangshan and Taipei on Wednesday. Taiwan's EVA Air is operating the new air route, with three d...
Beijing Sees Brisk Tourism Business in 2011
2012-01-17Xinhua, January 16, 2012 The Chinese capital's tourism sector experienced a brisk year in 2011 as it received a record 200 million domestic travelers and five million visitors from overseas, accor...
All Yinchuan Parks Become Free for Visitors
2012-01-17China.org.cn, January 13, 2012 The Yinchuan Forest Park, which is Yinchuan's last entrance-charged park in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, commenced offering free admission for all visitors from Jan...
Foreign Tourists Head to Hainan for Winter
2012-01-13Xinhua, January 11, 2012 As the only one China's tropical island province, Hainan is gaining wider popularity as a hot tourism resort among foreign tourists who come to enjoy the sunshine and avoi...
