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Bargaining, Chinese Style - Beijing, China, Asia

Welcome to the world of haggling in a Chinese market with Kaitlin Mills.

Calculator Detente: The Art of the Deal in Beijing's Hutong Market - China, Asia

Kimberly Damon didn't hear much English spoken in the Hutong Market. In fact, no English required, common communicator being the lowly battery powered calculator.

Something Happened at the Great Wall - China, Asia

Something else made the experience of the Great Wall unforgettable for Christine Wuthrich.

The Yin and Yang of China Travel - Asia

Olga Leskiw-Suzuki delves into the good, the bad and the ugly of travelling through China.

Beijing: Where the Streets Are Paved with People - Beijing, China, Asia

Want to explore Beijing? Tor Brierley explains why you should leave the cliches and pre-conceptions at the airport.

Trans-Mongolian Express - Cairo to Beijing

Kuan Sng recounts his experience getting that rare transit visa in hand, his two full days in Moscow (reflected as one calendar day on his application), and the weeklong train journey (a tri-monthly c

Eye Love Shopping - Beijing, China

Can you see yourself getting excited about shopping for prescription glasses? Lynne Reynolds found a market that did just that.

A Walk on the Wild Side in China - Beijing, Jinan, Suzhou, Shanghai - China

Lucas Aykroyd discovers different cultural norms in driving habits, cuisine, and marketplace negotiations while traveling through China.

Communist Secrets - Beijing, China

Longer than the Great Wall of China. Secret, underground access to key sites around Beijing. Room to house 300,000 people. The Beijing Underground City. What you don't know about the communists ca

Things to Know About the 'Jing - Beijing, China

Jason Barbacovi outlin

Buddhist Temples and Grotesque Rocks: My Tour of China - China

Christine Chan tou

Reading Material - Beijing, China

For sixty bucks an hour, Jason Barbacovi will do a lot of things - even if it means reading from a dictionary.

Failing to Impress - Beijing, China

Phillip Donnelly had expected something equivalent to Red Square in Moscow, where a sense of history seems to seep from every cobblestone, but Tiananmen was just an enormous slab of concrete, like an

Traffic Dodging at the Beijing Olympics 2008 - Beijing, China

For the 2008 Olympic visitors who venture on foot

Beijing Nutz and Bolts

What a Wild Wall - Beijing, China

While dodging the occasional hustler, Kevin O'Shea

A Communist Parade - Beijing, China

Nick Dao postponed his trip for one month to see C

Bamboozled in Beijing - Beijing, China

Kevin O'Shea thought himself fairly savvy, but his

Becoming World Citizens - Beijing, Shanghai, China

After 11 days in the Middle Kingdom, Bill Mohan an

A Stranger in a Strange Territory - Beijing, China

Like a child offered promises of acrobats and ice

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