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Shanghai to Beijing overnight D train photos and Q&A

Shanghai to Beijing overnight D train photos and Q&A

I took the Shanghai to Beijing Overnight Train, a new CRH high speed rail. It departed 9:15 pm from Shanghai Rail Station and arrive 7:30 at Beijing South Rail Station. Some FAQ and pictures are provided here.

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Beijing’s Accent, Pollution, and Subway…Welcomes Me

Beijing’s Accent, Pollution, and Subway…Welcomes Me

First impressions of Beijing: Smog smog smog. In fact, does the smog cause Beijingers to speak the way they do or what? At least they have cheap subway tickets.

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Overnight Trains In China: Accommodations & Amenities

Overnight Trains In China: Accommodations & Amenities

Soft or hard sleeper tickets are recommended for overnight train trips in China. Here’s an overview of the berths, beds, comforts, and features on a T train.

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Shanghai to Beijing: Take the Train or the Plane?

Shanghai to Beijing: Take the Train or the Plane?

Shanghai to Beijing, should one take a short couple hour flight or the overnight train? One trip highlights how this depends on your schedule and train choice.

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New Face of Shenzhen: Swiss-inspired Interlaken OCT photos

New Face of Shenzhen: Swiss-inspired Interlaken OCT photos

Interlaken OCT resort is a massive state-sponsored theme-park development to brings a little taste of Switzerland to southern China. This isn’t the Shenzhen you had in mind.

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Busing From Guangzhou To Lianzhou

Busing From Guangzhou To Lianzhou

A 3 hour bus ride from Guangzhou to Lianzhou involves smooth highways & narrow, uneven dangerous country roads. A truck rolls over & an old man grabs my crotch.

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Taipei & Beijing To Set Up Tourism Offices By February 2010

Taipei & Beijing To Set Up Tourism Offices By February 2010

Taiwan and China agree to set up tourism offices in each other’s capitals (Taipei and Beijing) by early 2010, as Taiwan aims to increase mainland tourists.

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Chinese Travel Industry: Diversity Leads To Prosperity

Chinese Travel Industry: Diversity Leads To Prosperity

While the global economic crisis and H1N1 swine flu has taken its town on international travel, China’s tourism industry remains optimistic. Here’s why.

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Quintet Shanghai Bed & Breakfast Review

Quintet Shanghai Bed & Breakfast Review

Detailed review and photos of Quintet Shanghai, a great alternative to sterile business hotels, located in the French Concession, with Fay Yen as its friendly innkeeper!

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2 Things Taiwan Does Well: Leggy Girls & Sweet Desserts

2 Things Taiwan Does Well: Leggy Girls & Sweet Desserts

When in Taiwan, there are two things you definitely can’t miss: Taiwanese desserts (hot soup & shaved ice versions) & a lot of young girls showing a lot of leg.

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Pleasant Experience Flying Dragonair, PVG to HKG

Pleasant Experience Flying Dragonair, PVG to HKG

An unexpectedly pleasant Dragonair flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong that included a menu, Häagen-Dazs, and flight attendants that just seemed extra…smiley?

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China Travels: Wuxi – Home of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”

China Travels: Wuxi – Home of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”

A small city now 45 minutes of bullet train away from Shanghai(was 2 hours a few years ago), Wuxi is and has been one of the brightest spots of tourism in all of... 

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Hotel Review of Jade Palace Hotel (Cuigong) in Zhongguancun Beijing

Hotel Review of Jade Palace Hotel (Cuigong) in Zhongguancun Beijing

I have some UpTake U.S. colleagues who are going to visit the UpTake Beijing R&D team in September. They asked me for some hotel recommendations. I will probably... 

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Beijing – Tianjin High-Speed Railway: Tianjin in 30 Minutes (Part II)

Beijing – Tianjin High-Speed Railway: Tianjin in 30 Minutes (Part II)

All Aboard! So we made it. Into the thing that’s supposed to do 350 km/h, Beijing-Tianjin, 30 minutes, zippy fast, laser speed… vomit comet? (We picked... 

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Changes In Tiananmen Square

Changes In Tiananmen Square

Two of my college friends are visiting us in Beijing right now, so we’ve been making the tourist rounds. Climbing the Great Wall, exploring the Forbidden City,... 

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