China

People’s Republic of China

1. Beijing

Beijing Municipality

Beijing

• • • Beijing (national capital)
      1. Forbidden City
      2. Tiananmen Square
      3. Temple of Heaven
      4. Summer Palace
      5. Great Wall

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2. Tianjin

Tianjin Municipality

Tianjin

• • • Great Wall at Huangya Pass

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3. Grand Canal Provinces

Jiangsu, Shandong, and Zhejiang

Jiangsu

• • • Suzhou (Venice of the East)
    • Nanjing (old capital city)

Shandong

• • • Mount Taishan

Zhejiang

• • • Hangzhou (West Lake)

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4. Shanghai

Shanghai Municipality

Shanghai

• • • Shanghai (largest city in nation)
      1. The Bund
      2. Oriental Pearl Tower
      3. Yu Garden
      4. Shanghai Museum
      5. Nanjing Road shopping

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5. Southeastern Coast Provinces

Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan

Fujian

• • • Quanzhou (maritime silk road port city)

Guangdong

• • • Guangzhou (national second city)
    • Shenzhen (modern economic hub city)

Hainan

• • • Sanya (modern beach resort city)

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6. Hong Kong

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Hong Kong

• • • Hong Kong
      1. Victoria Central Business District
      2. Victoria Peak
      3. Star Ferry
      4. Temple Street Night Market
      5. Tai O Fishing Village

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7. Macau

Macau Special Administrative Region

Macau

• • • Macau
      1. Senado Square
      2. Fortaleza do Monte
      3. Macau Tower
      4. Coloane Island
      5. Fisherman’s Wharf

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8. Guangxi

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Guangxi

• • • Guilin (Li River cruise of limestone mountain landscape and cormorant fishing)

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9. Rice Bowl Provinces/Southwest China

Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan

Guizhou

• • • Zhenyuan Ancient Town

Sichuan

• • • Chengdu – Chengdu Research Base of Giant Pandas

Yunnan

• • • Yuanyang Rice Terraces

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10. Chongqing

Chongqing Municipality

Chongqing

• • • Three Gorges Dam

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11. Yangtze Provinces

Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi

Anhui

• • • Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)

Hubei

• • • Wudangshan/Wudang Mountain

Hunan

• • • Zhangjiajie (jagged sandstone mountain columns)

Jiangxi

• • • Mount Sanqing

12. Northern Provinces

Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi

Hebei

• • • Chengde Mountain Resort (a Word Heritage Site)

Henan

• • • Luoyang (ancient capital)

Shaanxi

• • • Xi’an – Terracotta Army Museum

Shanxi

• • • Old Town of Pingyao

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13. Manchurian Provinces

Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning

Heilongjiang

• • • Harbin – Ice Festival

Jilin

• • • Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo (Goguryeo) Kingdom (a World Heritage Site)

Liaoning

• • • Red Beach

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14. Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Inner Mongolia

• • • Hulun Buir grassland

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15. Ningxia

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

Ningxia

• • • Xumishan Grottoes
    • Western Xia mausoleums

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16. Northwestern Provinces

Gansu and Qinghai

Gansu

Hexi Corridor/Northern Silk Road

• • • Mogao Caves (Caves of the Thousand Buddhas)

Qinghai

Kokonur/Amdo traditional region of Tibet

• • • Qinghai Lake (Blue Lake)
    • Kumbum Monastery (Ta’er Temple)

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17. Tibet

Tibet Autonomous Region

Tibet

• • • Lhasa (capital city of Tibet)
    • Himalayas trekking

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18. Sinkiang

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Xinjiang

• • • Kashgar (Silk Road oasis city)

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South China Sea Islands

Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, and Scarborough Shoal (all disputed – occupied by China)

• • • Paracel Islands (disputed between China, Taiwan, and Vietnam)
    • Spratly Islands (disputed between China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, and Brunei)
    • Scarborough Shoal (disputed between China, Taiwan, and Philippines)

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Taiwan/Republic of China

• • • Taipei (capital) – Taipei 101

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Mongolia

• • • Ulaanbaatar (capital)
    • Mongolian steppes
    • Gobi Desert