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• Girl's guide to Shanghai February 23, 2009 With a skyline that looks like something straight out of Bladerunner, Shanghai is clearly an upwardly mobile city. But it's also a place where old and new China collide &ndash< with spectacular results. (read article)
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• Park Hyatt Shanghai: the world's tallest hotel by Lucinda Baring January 18, 2009 It's the superb views, not vertigo, that leave Lucinda Baring giddy at the world's tallest hotel, the Park Hyatt in Shanghai. (read article)
• Year of Discovery competition: snow category winner by Ben Yallop December 25, 2008 Ben Yallop, from Blackheath in London, is the winner of the snow category of our travel writing competition for the account of his dramatic journey to Jiuzhaigou. (read article)
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• Hong Kong cruise guide: Shopping by Jane Archer August 20, 2008 Jane Archer offers her advice on shopping in Hong Kong, whether you're in the market for tailored suits or traditional crafts. (read article)
• Beijing China: My kind of town by Gavin Menzies August 11, 2008 The author Gavin Menzies has been visiting Beijing for 70 years and finds the modern city to be the throbbing heart of China. (read article)
• Bridging Generations on China’s High Plateau by ARIC CHEN August 10, 2008 A writer rediscovers his ancestral roots in Shanxi Province in northern China and pieces together the story of his maternal grandparents. (read article)