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Land of the pomelo

Graham Earnshaw walks west from Shanghai when he has the time, always starting from the last place he stopped. This month we find him near Liangping town in Chongqing Municipality

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Tourists to Taiwan up 500%

The number of tourists from the Mainland to Taiwan increased nearly 500% in the first ten months of the year. 407,237 tourists arrived, an increase of 479% from the same period a year ago.

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NDRC rules out Shanghai Disneyland expansion

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has ruled out expanding the planned size of Shanghai Disneyland, the South China Morning Post reported, citing state media. The project has been allocated 116 hectares, less than 30% of the 400-plus ha plot the Shanghai government had set aside. There was speculation that the reduced size only […]

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Promoting the development of tourism

China’s State Council, the Cabinet, has announced plans to push forward the development of the tourism industry and make it a strategic pillar industry in the national economy.

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Restorations may boost domestic tourism

In the recent past, China embarked on a construction spree with an architecture style that was anything but traditional. Its buildings imitated Rome, Paris and skyscraper cities such as Hong Kong. Last year, it wowed the world with the Bird’s Nest stadium and other contemporary architecture for the Beijing Olympics. Now it is restoring some of the past for the benefit of domestic tourism.