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It is a land of contrasts - you will experience some of the most technically advanced cities such as Shanghai adjacent to rural landscapes where the local chinese have tendered their fields unchanged in centuries. This country will challenge your thinking, so dont go with preconcieved ideas - its best to "go with the flow"and just enjoy the sensations you will undoubtedly envelope you. What will also leave an impression on you is the friendly and polite people of this country. You can enjoy an amazing cuisine developed over thousands of years. Whether it be in a luxury hotel in Hangzhou or in a street food stall market in Beijing your eating experience will be one to remember. China is forever linked to its ancient civilization, and many of the world’s most revered treasures, such as The Great Wall, Terra-Cotta Warriors, The Yangtze River and The Forbidden City of Beijing. China was one of the countries where economic activity first developed. As early as 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, people in the Yellow River valley had already started farming and raising livestock. Business proceedures here have existed for some time - view an invoice for work completed some two thousands years ago. In 221 B.C., Qin Shihuang established China's first centralized autocracy, the Qin Dynasty, thereby ushering Chinese history into feudalism, which endured in a succession of dynasties until the Opium War of 1840. China is situated in eastern Asia on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, with an area of 9.6 million square kilometers. China's continental coastline extends for about 18,000 kilometers, and its vast sea surface is studded with more than 5,000 islands, of which Taiwan and Hainan are the largest. |
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China,
with a recorded history of 5,000 years, is one of the most interesting
and intriqueing places you will ever visit.