Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A-Z

Tours to China from overseas

The purpose of organised tourism in China is to separate you from as much money as possible while delivering as little value as possible, and simultaneously delivering…

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng

Note that much of what’s listed below is within the Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads, and sometimes barely beyond the Third, and reachable in half an hour or so for ¥20 to ¥30 by taxi, or for much less still by metro or public…

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng’s Practical A–Z

Once you’re in China, good information of any kind is hard to find. There are several tourist information offices in Běijīng, but these are know-little, lacklustre affairs unable to answer most questions. The most…

Part of A Better Guide to Běijīng

The northwest is the home of the Zhōng Guān Cūn high-tech high-investment area, intended to be China’s Silicon Valley, and offering incentives to encourage more than the usual handful of students to return from overseas and…