Travel Notes in China

China held massive celebratory events on October 1st to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC.
The National Day Grand Ceremony began at 10:00 am, local time in the Tian’anmen Square. There was a massive military review and massive parade.
China’s military parade reached a climax as a formation of Guard of Honor of [...]

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RED-CROWNED crane waits for coronation

THE red-crowned crane is the popular choice to be the national bird of China and just awaits the approval of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature.
The State Forestry Administration has handed the nomination to the NPC after it held an online poll to choose a national bird in 2004, [...]

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SHANGHAI: Hangzhou was named the best place to do business in China for a fifth consecutive year in a Forbes survey released yesterday.
Shanghai came in at No 2, with Beijing remaining in sixth position for the second straight year. Wuxi was third, Nanjing fourth and Ningbo fifth.
Forbes China short-listed 194 mainland cities from a pool [...]

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Sunday, 24 August 2008 last day of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
There is no more big event in the wide world of sports than a closing ceremony at the Olympic Games. It’s like watching the final marathon runner cross the finish line hours after the leaders. As the Greatest Celebration of Humanity reached its [...]

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BEIJING, July 12 — China announced 598 homestays in Beijing for better communication between Olympic tourists and local residents here on Friday.

Zhu Rongjing (R) and Zhu Youyi play games at home beside the Olympic Homestay plate in Beijing, capital of [...]

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At 5:18 a.m. on July 8, in Quebec, Canada, Sanqing Mountain, located in Jiangxi Province, was included on the World Heritage List during the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee.

According to the Municipal Committee Secretary of Shangrao, Jiangxi, who was in Quebec at the time, the World Heritage Committee sang high praises for the [...]

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Published Date: 13 May 2008
By PAUL WILSON

AT least 100 British tourists in the earthquake-hit region of China have been contacted and all are safe, it was announced today.

But the Foreign Office FO and UK travel organisation Abta were still trying to track down any other British travellers who were in the Sichuan province [...]

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