China Tourism

Hot Air Balloon Crashes In China Resort Town, Killing 4 Dutch

AP | Posted 10.15.2009 | World


BEIJING — A hot air balloon crashed Wednesday in a southern Chinese resort town with dramatic limestone formations, killing four Dutch tourists,...

China Repoens Tibet For Tourists After Fears Of Riots Ease

Times Online | Jane Macartney | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


Signalling that the risk of anti-Chinese unrest has subsided in Tibet, Beijing has decided to reopen the Himalayan region's soaring mountains and gild...

How To Crash the Beijing Summer Olympics

Forbes | Gady A. Epstein | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business


Interested in attending the Olympics but didn't plan ahead? You may be in luck--especially if you're a corporate big shot with a private jet and more ...

Getting in Shape to Watch the Olympic Games: A Five-Week Plan for the Intellectually Curious Mouse Potato

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media


Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Assuming that people heading to Beijing have already been getting ready mentally, this regimen is for those who want to be informed consumers of Olympic broadcasts.

Beijing Hotels Shockingly Empty Ahead of Games

AP | STEPHEN WADE | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home


BEIJING — The Olympics are looking like a bust for the city's hotels. The 17-day games were supposed to generate a buzz throughout the summer, ...

China Kills Olympic Tourism With Visa Restrictions

New York Times | David Barboza | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


With the Beijing Olympics less than two months away, hotel operators, travel agencies, and foreign businessmen say new Chinese visa restrictions are p...