The Capital Museum: A Stone’s Throw Away from Beijing Hotels
Beijing, also known as Peking, is the seat of China’s politics. With a population of 17 million, it is the second largest city in China after Shanghai. The city is built with numerous railways, motorways, seaports and a modern airport to facilitate the movement of its citizens, visitors and the goods they produce. Travelling to the city has been made easier because of these developments.
Mei Jia Wu Tea Culture Village
Not too many cities deserve such a name as paradise on earth, but Hang Zhou in China does. Too many cities now in China, desperate with economic development, are losing their souls, but Hang Zhou is not. Why so? Nature blessing and human efforts are the answers. One is tea culture, Mei Jia Wu Longjing Tea and its culture village.
Ethnic Chinese Miao Food And Their Silver Earrings
Living in the remote mountainous areas of southwest China, the Miao minority group are celebrated for their handcrafted silver jewels like silver earrings and silver rings. During holidays and big ceremonies, people will wear these silver jewels from head to toe to display their beauty and wealth. Holidays are also a good time for them to get together with friends and relatives to enjoy big meals. Food on their table is various, unique, and ethnic. Here are recipes for just a few:
Three Gorges River Cruise
As there was a long weekend at the beginning of May for Labor Day in China, so we decided to go on another China vacation to go the Three Gorges Dam. The dam itself is one of Chinas most expansive undertakings, which is located in Yichang set to become the worlds largest hydro-electric power station, along the Yangtze River. Construction began in December of 1994 and it is not expected to be fully operational until 2011. While there are many benefits to the dam, such as flood control and clean power, it has also been a controversial project because the flooding of the reservoir has already displaced approximately 1.4 million people and submerged many cultural relics. The water wont reach its maximum level of 175m until the end of 2008.
The Unforgettable Trauma Of The Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge was the communist party that ruled Cambodia after overthrowing the Cambodian government. It is a brutal, disastrous rule that changed the country forever and shocked the world.
