China Travel 2.0

二十四节气歌      The ancient Chinese people have many different ways to divide the year: by season, by month and so on. These must be familiar and similar to what foreigners do. But there is one method which is quite alien to foreigners: Jie Qi（节气）.      Jie means a division and Qi means air or a [...]

When Britain claimed Hong Kong in 1842, the peninsula and islands in southern china was a collective of fishing villages and a haven for coastal pirates. The territory returned to Chinese control in 1997 as one of the world’s leading financial centers and one of Asia’s most popular tourist destinations. Whether you want to explore [...]

Changbai Mountain is in the south-east of Jilin Province china ,which is also the borderline between China and North Korean. its famous view is Tianchi -a big lake over 2000meters sea level,. My friend suggested me to visit Changbai Mountain in July when I came to Changchun city , they told me it was the [...]

Check the video here. Check the video in Chinese from CCTV. Company Named Official Hotel Sponsor and Celebrates with Olympic Gold Medalists Yang Yang, Tao Luna and Team china Fencing and Trampoline Gymnasts Shanghai – July 27, 2011 – Hilton Worldwide announced Hilton HHonors, the guest-loyalty program for the company’s 10 distinct hotel brands, as [...]

40 Shanghai foods we can’t live without From simple street fare to Bund-style cuisine, here are our picks for the most delicious and iconic food items that define the Shanghai food scene Although Shanghai’s oily, sugary and soy sauce-doused cuisine can’t be heralded as the best eating on the mainland, we love our food here [...]

Best Shanghai food walk: Qibao Old Street 7 edible reasons why Shanghainese regularly make the trip to Qibao water town Qibao (七宝) is the closest water town to Shanghai and it is home to one of the most popular food streets for Shanghainese. Our family has been visiting Qibao for almost two decades and we [...]

Shanghai’s 5 best 小龙虾 ( Crayfish )Restaurants: A bite-by-bite guide Dig into Shanghai’s favorite summer seafood in five crowd-pleasing xiaolongxia restaurants Your perfect Shanghai summer dinner: clawlicious xiaolongxia and beer. Call them what you like — crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, “little dragon shrimp” or “little lobsters” — but everyone knows that the Shanghainese go gaga about [...]

by Linda Fung “Man is what he eats .” This truly reflects the mental, physical and spiritual state of our modern children. During this summer camp, we gave our children a different taste of food experience which is not what they are accustomed to. TZY has an organic vegetable farm where they grow all types [...]

by Jeanne Lee Everyday students are reminded to walk straight, sit upright and behave properly. Great emphasis is placed on teaching students right from wrong, how to identify problems within their selves, and live without internet, electronic games and TV. After the initial few days you can see a huge shift in the children’s behavior [...]

At TZY we really try to do what is best for the kids. by Jeanne Lee Before embarking on our journey into Chinese Classic and Traditional Chinese Culture our son displayed the typical traits of “over schedule, over coddled kids with hyper parents”. My older son was rebellious, spending a great deal of time on [...]