The best places in China by far are...

OUR FAVORITE SPOTS IN CHINA:

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Cities with character - what you are looking for in a China trip:

• Lijiang - vernacular architecture; make a trip to Hu Tiao Xia
• Kashgar - biggest Sunday bizarre in the world; nothing compares
• Kuche - let's hope they don't build an airport there
• Xia He - tranquility (right: Tibetan Buddhists spin prayer wheels in Xiahe, Gansu)
• Pingyao - great, well preserved Ming and Qing dynasty architecture and courtyards (below, right: farmer prepares his donkey for early morning work in Pingyao, Shanxi)
• Yangshuo - beautiful scenery; easy to travel; but too many European expat-lifers living there now?

  For food, head to:

• Chengdu -for the xiao chi alone
• Wuxi/Nanjing -

  OK, but bound to disappoint:

• Three Gorges - we won't miss very much
• Ice Lantern festival (Harbin)
• Chongqing - pollution, no bikes?
• Wuhan - arm pit of the nation? ranking it this high is being generous...
• Tianjin - not much special, if you asked me

  Other areas if you have time:

• Dalian - clean city
• Shanghai - it's where the action is
• Xiamen - must visit gu lang yu dao
• Guilin - but remember, "gui lin shan shui jia tian xia, yang shuo feng jing jia gui lin".
• Dali - like Lijiang but too many backpackers
• Xishuangbanna - if you can go for po shui jie, you will never forget the three days there?

  Just to see the craziness:

• Shenzhen
• Wenzhou
• Quanzhou

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