Chinese tourists in action

Portrait of the Chinese Tourist

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May 25th 2006
When you travel around China, you come into contact with the local population. You come into no less contact with other tourists. What people who have not been to China do not realize is that when talking of other tourists in China, the vast majority of them are Chinese! Subjectively, it feels as if internal tourism eclipses that of foreigners by several magnitudes. Over time, you get to know ... read more

Asia » China

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more