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I found this article on China Daily (http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/travel/2012-05/28/content_15405512.htm) that says Beijing is considering...

Have you checked the Foreign Languages Bookstore on Wangfujing? If they don't have LP, they are sure to have other guidebooks on China.

what about prescription anti-depressants? How available are drugs like trazadone and prozac? Can we get them without a presciption there?

Is there any reason you can't put the wine in your checked luggage. That's what we do. Wrap it in a plastic bag and put in the middle of...

Good to know that you can now use gmail in China, as I couldn't access it the last time I was in Beijing. Does this same accessibility also...

Badaling is where most of the packaged tours take people. At the main entrance, if you go left instead of right, you can usually escape the...

I have a Bank of America ATM card, and it's good in a lot of countries other than China and Mexico. You can use it at Deustches Bank in...

I've made 15 trips to China, with LP on all but two of the trips. I've never had any problems, but then I've always put the book in my...

Do a search for free online Chinese language lessons. These companies give you a few free lessons to hook you into buying the full course....

Hunger is a great teacher, so you should learn how to use chopsticks relatively quick. If my husband's 86-year-old mother can learn how to...

Not sure about this, so somebody please correct me, but the 50GBP price you quoted for Shanghai - Beijing, sounds like the express train...

if you're going to Badaling, catch the 919 bus from behind Deshengmen on Second Ring Road. It goes there non-stop. We always walk up the...

We stayed for two weeks last fall at the Beijing Hutong Culture Inn and Hostel. We paid with airline miles, so I don't know what it would...

I would plan on Delta being balky and not letting you on the plane without a visa. We had friends from Shanghai visit us last spring, and...

to answer my own question, in case this comes up for someone else, it costs $3.38 for a shower at the Mammoth Hot Springs Lodge. If you...