by aPF6ybxADw | Sep 22, 2022 | China, September 2022
CHINA Entry rules may ease The Chinese government has issued draft regulations that aim to bolster tourism along its border and make it easier for some foreigners to enter China. According to a draft policy document released by China’s Ministry of Culture and...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 6, 2022 | China, July 2022
CHINA Towards Tibet: The Xining – Lhasa Train Stretching from Xining in Qinghai Province, cutting across the barren grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau and mounting the foreboding winter fairyland of the Kunlun Mountains before arriving in Lhasa, the...
by aPF6ybxADw | Feb 17, 2022 | China, February 2022
CHINA Shanghai Tower: 632 metres-high This 128-story, 632-metre-high skyscraper in Shanghai is the world’s third-tallest building. It shares the record (along with the Ping An Finance Center) of having the world’s highest observation deck within a building...
by aPF6ybxADw | Aug 16, 2021 | August 2021, China
CHINA China-Tibet Train Link For the first time, travellers in Tibet can enjoy the area’s mountainous views at high-speed. A 435-kilometre (250-mile) rail line connecting Tibetan capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi in China entered into service on June 25,...
by aPF6ybxADw | Jul 8, 2021 | China, July 2021
CHINA Seeing Stars in Shanghai The world’s largest astronomy museum is opening in Shanghai, and its complex curvilinear shape has been designed to reflect the geometry of the cosmos. With no straight lines or right angles used throughout, the structure is...
