Fast Train from Shanghai to Beijing

After I got back from China people kept asking, 'So how was it on the train?' I went by rail from Shanghai to Beijing. One of the world's fastest, the train rips along at around 300kph though is capable of even more.
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Eco-Savvy China

Do you think of huge, bustling Beijing as a city with eco lodges at its doorstep?
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Eating on the Street

You know you're in for a different sort of dining experience when the place supplies disposable plastic gloves. We've come up steep, narrow stairs to a tiny box of a restaurant lined with white plastic walls.
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Shopping Shanghai

Best to take a half-empty suitcase if you visit Shanghai. The shopping is vast and varied, from to the very best brands in the world to fake knock-offs you can bargain hard for.
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Smoke Gets in your Eyes

Oh yes, tobacco fans, you can feel free to light up anywhere in China. And before you say 'eeeuw', imagine this. It's a steamy evening in Shanghai on the famous esplanade knows as the Bund.
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Ride Beijing in a Sidecar

When even our kids can't ride a bike without a helmet, the wind-in-hair sensation is a feeling they'll never know. For grown-ups it's just a memory.
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Peking Duck, Anyone?

If you're going to try the most famous Chinese dish in the world, then what better place to go than the place that keeps on winning awards for the best Peking Duck in Peking?
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Why China Should Be on your to-Do List

It's easy to think of reasons why China might not be on your places-to-see list. It's so big and so foreign, huh? All those vast cities, language you don't understand, food you might not warm to?
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Tai Chi and People in Parks

When you're a tourist it's hard to get in amongst the lives of people in other countries. You see them hurrying about on their daily round but there are few glimpses of their quieter times.
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China's Bold, New Art

Countries are often identified in strangers' minds by what's in tourist shops. In New Zealand it's the tiki, the fern the koru and the colour green. For China we think of panda bears, pagodas, ornate fans and everything decked in red and gold.
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