Red Capital Residence, Beijing

Advantages: Lots of tourist attractions, good souvenirs, great experience.
Disadvantages: A big culture shock, food not very nice.

...was excellent. I stayed in the 4 star Capital Hotel, and it was the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in, with standards equal to or better than Western hotels. I believe that all hotels in Beijing are of an equally high standard. Also, it is excellent for shopping. Jade and silks are the best buys and you can pick these up very cheaply if you shop in the right places. There is no nightlife. You can go out for a meal if you are brave enough to risk the traffic or there is organised entertainment such as acrobats.... Read review

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Advantages:
Disadvantages: may be langauge

...It is trully believed that Beijing is one of the most adored place in asia.they get so many fantastic place to go and to see ,the forbidden city ,the summer palace ,it just like a hub of the eastern cultrul.but when you actully go there ,you will find besides the historic side they have some thing you may not thought before yo going,very crowde pubs and clubs ,big and luxury shoppign centre ,super high buildings ,a lot of surprise ,and it chang every fast ,which wouldn't surprised me,being the capital of the fastest growing country .... Read review

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Advantages: To Have Been There
Disadvantages: No Wild Birds

...on this bustling food street and we weren't really shocked at the skewers of scorpions – after all we eat prawns don't we? So what was our itinery for the sixteen night visit to China? Our holiday was booked with Voyagers Jules Verne and charmingly named 'The Original Yangtze Cruise' as eight nights of our sixteen were to be spent sailing up the vast Yangtze River to include the new Three Gorges Dam and the Three Gorges as they are now before the dam is completed in 2009 and drowns another eighty metres of the mountains that make this part of the Yangtze River so recognisable. The remaining eight nights were to be spent in five star hotels in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Xian with internal flights between Beijing and Shanghai and after our river cruise a flight from the river port of Chongqing in the Western provinces to Xian to visit... Read review

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