Nanjing-meaning 'southern capital'-has served as the captial of China during several historical periods and remains the capital of Jiangsu province today. Unfortunately, it is also synonymous with the massacres and atrocities committed by Japanese troops and recounted in Iris Chang's Rape of Nank...
A Buddhist monk shaves the head of a man to prepare him for a ceremony to be ordained as a monk at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, central China's Henan Province, May 25, 2007. A total of 600 men became Shaolin monks after going through 28 days' Buddhist discipline. [CFP]
Everything happening to China today is happening in Yangshuo, and it seems far removed from the provincial and rural life of a generation ago. This small, sprawling community is experiencing an influx of new residents as well as tourists, drawn by job growth, the brisk trade in home building, and...
Walls -at first glance just brick and mortar - contain untold stories of the past. With Prison Break fever spreading through China, many people have become curious about life bind bars. A visit to prisons of the past might be enough to satisfy human curiosity. Shockingly, it seems many prison...
Located in eastern China's Shandong Province, Qufu is a quaint, rural Chinese town with an ancestral temple, a forest cemetery, and the mansion of a family clan that did rather well in Chinese history: the Kong clan. On the face of things, that hardly makes the town stand out, but it is the Kong...
Ctrip.com, China's largest online travel agent, said its first-quarter revenue surged 49 percent year-on-year due to growing demand from the country's booming tourism sector. The Shanghai-based company reported a record $30.1 million in total revenue in the first quarter from its hotel reservat...
QINGDAO, Shandong: China should better train its tourism industry professionals to make the experience of millions of travelers during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games a memorable one. That's the majority opinion of nearly 300 government officials and experts from home and abroad who have gathere...