City guides

The historic, imperial heart of China.

The dazzling, modern gateway to China.

Pandas, hotpot, and an unhurried pace.

West Lake serenity and China’s tea capital.

Ancient capital where the Silk Road began.

Cantonese food capital and trading powerhouse.

China’s tech megacity, built in 40 years.

Where East meets West — skyline, harbour, dim sum.

Portuguese heritage meets Asia’s Las Vegas.

Classical gardens and canals — the “Venice of the East.”

Karst peaks and rivers straight out of a painting.

China’s viral 8D mountain megacity of fog and fire.

China’s tropical beach capital — the “Hawaii of the East”.

Gateway to Xinjiang — Silk Road bazaars, deserts and snow peaks.

Grasslands, temples and the spirit of the Mongolian steppe.

The roof of the world — Tibetan Buddhism at 3,650 metres.

The cool, high gateway to the Tibetan plateau and Qinghai Lake.

Ice festivals, onion domes and Russian flavor in China’s far north.

Film studios, auto history and the gateway to Changbai Mountain.

The Manchu imperial capital before Beijing.

China’s “Spring City” and the gateway to Yunnan’s ethnic south.

Silk Road oasis of singing sands and the Mogao caves.

A breezy island city of colonial lanes, sea views and seafood.

A relaxed northern seaside city of squares, beaches and seafood.

Tibet’s second city and the road to Everest.

China’s greatest grassland, on the Russian-Mongolian frontier.

A riverside capital of poetry, revolution and rice noodles.

“China’s most beautiful countryside” — Huizhou villages and golden fields.

China’s capital of spice, nightlife and milk tea.

The towering “Avatar” sandstone pillars of western Hunan.

A cool-summer mountain capital and gateway to Guizhou’s waterfalls.

Emerald canyons and Tujia culture in Hubei’s hidden mountain west.

The Yangtze mega-city of river bridges, lakes and heroic breakfasts.

Gateway to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze.