Guangzhou--Chime Long Paradise

For thrills and spills there’s no better place in China than the Chime Long Paradise. The park has 60 facilities, spread over six themed zones. Perhaps most appealing is the Scream Zone, which is home to Tenth Ring, the record-breaking inversion roller coaster with its staggering ... Read more »

Southern Charm

Shenzhen is much more than what it is usually touted as--the epitome of China’s economic miracle. This dynamic city comes close to being all things to all travellers, offering everything from golf and hiking to sophisticated spas, luxurious accommodation and theme parks of all kinds. For a ... Read more »

Here’s a date to think about: July 8. That’s when the Olympic Green goes into lockdown—after that it’s access only for ticketed guests, VIPs AND people with reservations at the brand new InterContinental Beijing Beichen. I learned this during a wide ranging one on one with ... Read more »

As the sun sets on this shortened week, the crowds of people fleeing the city thicken. Reports are already trickling in that street traffic is swole up like...um...something that moves only once an hour. It's the very first official Qingming Holiday in the history of the PRC ... Read more »

Lashihai and Wenhai Lakes

Northwest Yunnan is China’s eco-tourism mecca. Featuring unrivalled biodiversity, this lush corner of the country hosts a trove of endangered species, while four of Asia's largest rivers—the Yangtze, Mekong, Salween and Irawaddy--pass within 55 miles of each other. Lashihai and Wenhai Lakes, easily ... Read more »

According to my information, China Eastern express flights from Beijing to Shanghai are remaining at T2 NOT moving to T3.

China Daily: "Contrary to earlier announcements, not all express flights between Beijing and Shanghai Hongqiao will move to T3. Huang said the Beijing-Shanghai express flights carried by China Eastern, China ... Read more »

Dr. Hedy Lee (李文), freelance celebrity consumer rights advocate loved and feared by all, went inside the new T3 before it opened on Feb. 29 and gave the Armchair Traveler an exclusive report on her experience. She concludes, “Out of 1- 10, I give overall hardware an 8, staff service ... Read more »

TWO LUCKY PEOPLE, one in Shanghai (post your entries here) and one in Beijing (post below), will win FREE weekend stays at the JW Marriott Hotel including breakfast for two valued at RMB2,500! Here's what you have to do. Tell us a story from one of your travels--the ... Read more »

Cathay Pacific Holidays has a two night holiday package for RMB5,500 (taxes excluded) which gets you and your traveling companion round-trip airfare plus two nights in the Siam City Hotel. Valid through the end of March. Read more »

Until the end of March, Dragonair is offering round-trip airfare Beijing to HK for RMB3,048 (excluding weekend departure) or RMB3,348 for weekend departure. In April the price bumps up to around RMB4,000. Read more »

On March 16, the Chinese Culture Club goes to war. First they visit a system of tunnels in the northeast of Beijing dug during the anti-Japanese War and then the sparks start to fly as they head to a Chinese military base where everyone will be outiftted with army fatigues ... Read more »

Jingdezhen has had a long tenure as the porcelain capital of China, but only in the last decade has the bucolic village on the banks of the Chang River in Jiangxi province reclaimed its place as a vibrant destination for tourists hungry after top-notch ceramics and fresh air. Artists from ... Read more »

United Arab Emirates is throwing their Airbuses into the pre-Olympic ring with flights to and from Beijing starting on March 31. The four year old airline hubs in Abu Dhabi with connections throughout the Middle East and Europe. Of particular note are connections to London Heathrow, Brussels, Munich, Milan and ... Read more »

Maugham is thought to have done his best writing during his trips to the Pacific Islands and the Far East. While staying at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore in 1921, which he claimed stood “for all the fables of the exotic East,” Maugham penned The Casuarina Tree, a collection of ... Read more »

Scanning my RSS feeds I came across this entry in Digg. I'm sure there are a million others like it but looking over this author's list of what you MUST SEE in China made me realize just how easy it is to under-explore your own backyard. But looking ... Read more »

All eyes will be on the Capital Airport in March as the long-awaited Terminal 3 starts to come online. British Airways will begin diverting to Terminal 3 on Feb 29 (leap day!) while Air China (and pretty much everybody else) will do so on March 26.

Sure it's the ... Read more »

Cathay Pacific owes me money. Not much, maybe a couple kuai, but nonetheless I feel like some compensation is in order. After all I spent a good 15 minutes fruitlessly following up their latest "Supersaver" deal, a solid looking RMB4,090 from Beijing to London and RMB3,890 from Shanghai ... Read more »

Buy before January 31 and you can still score round trip tickets on Singapore Airlines to, you know, paradise. Valid dates are REALLY scarce, but March 4-10 is still available. Read more »

The idea is simple—pack the fam off to the hills for a brisk weekend of hiking, feasting, fresh air and fireplaces—but where can you find this around Beijing? Unfortunately, pickings are slim at present, but one place that caught the Weekender’s attention is the Nali Hotel in ... Read more »

Located in the CBD, nestled behind the swanky new emerald green Shin Kong Place, the JW Marriott is the newest big boy hotel on an increasingly-crowded block. “We’re modern,” says Joan Pan (pronounced “JOE-Ann”) who cut her teeth at the JW in Shanghai for 5 1/2 years before ... Read more »

You’ve probably received her emails advertising the cheapest rates on international flights and, because they originate from a yahoo address and claim to do remarkable things, you probably junk them with the penis enlargers and Viagra spam. The Armchair Traveler finally got curious enough to seek out Stella Tang ... Read more »

Kunming is unique among Chinese cities for many reasons, the primary

ones being weather, ethnic influence and lifestyle. Weather - Located

1900m higher than Beijing, but at subtropical latitudes, Kunming's

geography and altitude combine to create one of China's mildest

climates. Kunming's economy has little industry, which translates ... Read more »

Nanjing is an unusual place to set up a branch of one of Asia’s hottest high-end retreats, but when you’re bubbling away in your private, open-air hot spring, you’ll thank the gods that it was so. The complex consists of 14 private suites—ridiculously spacious—and 7 ... Read more »