Although traveling to China is not a new occurrence for me, each subsequent visit has welcomed me with interesting and different forms of Beijing culture shock. The first time I visited Beijing, I came on a whim. It all began three summers ago. An e-flyer for a study abroad program...
China boasts an impressive population of just over 1.3billion citizens. China covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres (3.7 million square miles). It is the world's second-largest country by land area. China is made up of 22 provinces within 5 regions. Transportation in mainland China has been prioritized by the government...
As the whole world has been recognizing, China is growing fast. I remembered years ago, it used to take 20 hours to go from Beijing to Shanghai by train. Then the D train was launched, cutting the time down to 10 hours. Now, in June of this year, China has...