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Is there a particular reason to fly from Xi'an to Lanzhou, and then drive up to Dunhuang? More like a 2-day drive, I'd have thought. There...

Not what you are looking for, but this article (http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/4589-Clearing-the-haze) about China's...

You can put a free basic version of Pleco (http://www.pleco.com/products.html) on a Touch, but you need to pay extra to get the full...

Plenty of stop-offs available between Lanzhou and Urumqi. I'd recommend Jiayuguan (end-of-Great Wall fort), Dunhuang (Buddhist art in Mogao...

Well, the packet mixes seem 'ma' and 'la' enough for me, but you could add extras. I don't think Sichuan hotpot uses 'fresh' huajiao and...

Boring answer, but you can also just buy the preprepared hotpot sauce packets (huǒguō tiáoliào 火锅调料), which you fry in hot oil before...

Dangjiacun and Hukou falls (http://lanzhou.weebly.com/shaanxi.html) in Shaanxi, or Tianshui (http://lanzhou.weebly.com/tianshui.html) and...

To me, it seems to make a bit more sense to link Linxia-Xiahe-Xining in a journey, rather than head east to Tianshui after Xiahe. So, I...

Xinhua bookshops (a national chain) have decent travel sections, with (usually Chinese-only) maps and guides that cover all areas of China....

Boots (http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Compression-Bags_1039366/) sells them.

@egjeg: OP wants to travel the next day, and didn't specifically say it had to be a sleeper ticket ;-) For what it's worth, I once...

There are 10 trains a day from Xi'an to Beijing. It's not a national holiday. You'll probably be fine. But yes, if you are very stressed,...

The satellite images of Lanzhou were updated a few months ago, during Spring Festival time (and are unfortunately inferior to the ones they...

Possible itinerary:...

Lanzhou's Hui Muslim culture does not get written about much in the guidebooks, but it is what sets the city apart from other central and...