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Introducing China

Travel Alert: Serious rioting has broken out in Xīnjiāng’s capital Ürümqi, with unrest also reported in Kashgar. Travellers are advised to exercise extreme caution and avoid any demonstrations. Check the BBC for news updates or the Thorn Tree for advice from other travellers.

Eagerly assuming its place among the world’s top travel destinations, even more so since Beijing took centre stage at the 2008 Olympics, China is an epic adventure. From the wide open and empty panoramas of Tibet to the push and shove of Shànghǎi, from the volcanic dishes of Sìchuān to beer by the bag in seaside Qīngdǎo, a journey through this colossus of a country is a mesmerising encounter with the most populous and perhaps most culturally idiosyncratic nation on earth.

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Latest headlines for China

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  1. In pictures: Urumqi mosques told to close

    10 July 2009 2:57PM

    Images from China's Xinjiang region, where authorities ordered mosques closed and told Muslims to observe Friday prayers at home.

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  2. China reimposes curfew in Urumqi

    10 July 2009 12:59PM

    A curfew is reimposed in the restive Chinese city of Urumqi after worshippers defy an order to stay away from mosques.

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  3. Timeline: Xinjiang unrest

    10 July 2009 9:57AM

    Tracking the latest events and the violent protests that have broken out in China's Xinjiang province, home to a large number of ethnic Muslim Uighurs.

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