Beijing

At one time this was the largest mall in Asia. Modern shopping mall is expensive but provides you with a lot of buying opportunities from diamonds, to real (affordable) DVD's, (international) music CD...

Art museum with calligraphy and other paintings. Huge sundial on top with great views.

Located in a renovated schoolhouse at the base of the Great Wall. The Schoolhouse hosts a Western restaurant, an art glass studio and an art room. Part of a sustainable tourism effort, The Schoolhouse...

One of Beijing's famed imperial cuisine restaurants that also has a private dining room decorated as a replica of Chairman Mao's study, Cheng Fu Yan's odd combination of the imperial and revolutionary...