Destination: China

Photo You Must See: Troop Train in China

Photo You Must See: Troop Train in China REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai
REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai

Paramilitary police recruits wave goodbye to family before leaving a railway station in Changzhi, China.


The Best Travel Videos of 2009

The Best Travel Videos of 2009 iStockPhoto

We watched a lot of travel videos this year to come up with these: the 12 most hilarious, moving and memorable

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Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Photos: The World’s Most Architecturally Interesting Subway Stations

Photos: The World’s Most Architecturally Interesting Subway Stations Photo by Mike Knell via Flickr (Creative Commons)

As compiled by designboom. The gallery includes shots from Stockholm, Bilbao, Shanghai and Munich (pictured), among others. (Via Coudal)

Photo by Mike Knell via Flickr (Creative Commons)

 


Video You Must See: Snow Sculptures in China


Photo You Must See: The Thin Yellow Line in Chongqing

Photo You Must See: The Thin Yellow Line in Chongqing REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai
REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai

Yellow cabs line a viaduct in Chongqing, China, while waiting to get their tanks filled during a shortage.


Photo You Must See: Snow-Frosted Forbidden City

Photo You Must See: Snow-Frosted Forbidden City REUTERS/Jason Lee
REUTERS/Jason Lee

A snowy scene in Beijing’s Forbidden City, photographed several days ago.

 


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Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Photo You Must See: 32 Meters of Mao

Photo You Must See: 32 Meters of Mao REUTERS/China Daily
REUTERS/China Daily

A 32-meter (or 105-foot) statue of a youthful Chairman Mao is under construction in Hunan province, China.


Photo You Must See: Wedding on the Great Wall

Photo You Must See: Wedding on the Great Wall REUTERS/David Gray
REUTERS/David Gray

Actually, we’re not sure there was a wedding—but at the very least, a woman in a bridal gown poses for photos on a section of the Great Wall of China.


Fallows: ‘How I Survived China’

The Atlantic’s former China correspondent reflects on the health issues he faced as an expat amid the “ochre skies and suspect sanitation of China.” The air quality there can be so bad, one doctor told Fallows, “I encourage people with children not to consider extended tours in China. Those little lungs.”

What will future air quality be like in China? In Beijing, at least, it’s already improving.


Photo You Must See: Ice Restaurant in China

Photo You Must See: Ice Restaurant in China REUTERS/China Daily
REUTERS/China Daily

Diners sit at a table in an ice restaurant in Harbin, in north east China. The temperature in the restaurant is about 25 degrees.


Photo You Must See: A Forbidden View in Beijing

Photo You Must See: A Forbidden View in Beijing REUTERS/David Gray
REUTERS/David Gray

Tourists look south over the Forbidden City from Beijing’s Jingshan Park.


Photo You Must See: Flying Before the Shanghai Sun

Photo You Must See: Flying Before the Shanghai Sun REUTERS/Aly Song
REUTERS/Aly Song

A passenger jet cruises past the setting sun in Shanghai yesterday.


Video You Must See: China’s 60th Anniversary