SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL FLOWER AND GARDEN EXPO
There is a nice touch in the short Chinese version of the name of the Shenzhen International Flower and Garden Expo. It is called Yuan Bo Yuan, meaning Garden …
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SHENZHEN METRO RAIL MAP
SHENZHEN GOLF CLUB This isn’t the oldest golf course in China but it’s close. It commenced construction in1985, less than a year after China’s first golf course opened at …
SUN YAT-SEN GARDEN SHENZHEN
An eye to the sub-text, especially the political sub-text, is a constant and essential companion to the China tourist. The Sun Yat-sen Garden is no exception. In strict Marxist …
XIAN HU BOTANICAL GARDENS SHENZHEN
If you like beautiful mountain scenery and gardens in the Chinese manner, or are fascinated by the revival of Buddhism in China, the Xian Hu Botanical Gardens is the …
CHINESE GARDENING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Isn’t it remarkable how many things you can think of to be bourgeois if you really set your mind to it? The ideological brains behind the Cultural Revolution were …
SHENZHEN CIVIC CENTRE
The Shenzhen Civic Centre is an iconic building and unquestionably the most spectacular of Shenzhen’s many architectural masterpieces and should be the starting point of any Shenzhen tour. The …
BOOKS BIBLIOPHILIA CULTURAL REVOLUTION STYLE
We have form where books in China are concerned. We first came to China over forty years ago. At that time China was still in the throes of the …
Hong Kong Map
Area: 1071sq.km/413sq. miles. Altitude: 0-95gm/0-3144ft Population: at least 6,000,000. Capital: Victoria (Central District) The following short description is included in view of the fact that in 1997 Note Hong …
Wenzhou Map
Province: Zhejiang. Area: 25sq.km/10sq. miles Population: 970,000 (conurbation 6,100,000) Wenzhou is situated in the south-east of Zhejiang province, on the Quijiang river, at 120°38’E and 28°01’N. An important sea …
Taiwan travel guide in Chinese
During the early days of recorded history in a society based on slavery large workshops were used to make bronze and pottery objects for the nobility. One type of …