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How to Shop With Taobao App – The Complete Guide for English Speakers

Updated on November 24, 2021 by Giorgia Borza 18 Comments

Shopping with the Taobao app

  1. What is Taobao
  2. Installing the application
  3. Registering
  4. Adding an address
  5. Choosing products
  6. Buying
  7. Post-Purchase
  8. Use Taobao in English

Even though new applications and online shopping sites no longer offer Taobao as the only tool for purchases, it still remains one of the most preferential for online purchases.

Just think about the success Taobao has each year with 11.11 (双11, “double 11”), which isn’t just a party for singles, but also a chance to give free rein to your shopping desires and make purchases.

The figures expended these days make one’s head spin: in the first two minutes after midnight this November 11, 2017, a billion dollars were already spent, to then surpass 25 billion by the end of the day.

If you too want to enter the world of online shopping but the language barrier blocks your access, this guide is for you, showing step by step how to make purchases on this platform, even if you have very little knowledge of the Chinese language.

This guide isn’t designed to be a complete manual on the use of Taobao, but rather guidelines for using it on a mobile device for the foreign user living in China who doesn’t speak Chinese. [Read more…]

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Medical Tourism in Asia Guide: Top 7 Destinations

Updated on March 3, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

Medical Tourism in Asia

  1. Why is Asia good for medical care?
  2. Medical Care in Thailand
  3. Medical Care in Singapore
  4. Medical Care in Malaysia
  5. Medical Care in Vietnam
  6. Medical Care in India
  7. Medical Care in Taiwan
  8. Medical Care in South Korea

Traveling to Asia is often associated with culinary food, warm weather, and white beaches. Over the years, a new trend has come and where travelers visit Asia for medical purposes.

Visiting countries like Thailand and Malaysia doesn’t only allow you to get hold of high-quality health care for a fraction of the prices back home. You can also take the chance to have a short vacation to recharge your batteries and discover what the countries have to offer.

In this article, you’ll learn more about how it works when visiting Asia for medical care purposes and the benefits. I will cover a range of topics so that you become more prepared before choosing what destination to visit. [Read more…]

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The 7 Classes of Chinese Tea and the 10 Most Famous Brands

Updated on March 4, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 11 Comments

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  1. The different classes of Chinese tea
  2. The 10 most famous Chinese tea
  3. Where to buy Chinese tea
  4. Frequently asked questions

“Rather go without salt for three days than without tea for a single day,” Chinese Proverb.

I’m in love with Chinese tea. I drink it every day and every time I come back to Europe I bring some nice tea packages to my family and friends. Most importantly, I buy a ton of tea for myself.

My favorite Chinese tea is the Long Jing, the green tea produced close to the West Lake of Hangzhou. I also like flower tea and Pu’er, the fermented tea from Yunnan Province.

If you do a quick search on the internet you’ll find a lot of information about Chinese tea.

I decided to limit this first article about Chinese tea to two topics that I find interesting: the different classes of Chinese tea and the most famous tea brands of China (for each class of tea there are many different brands, for instance, you have the Long Jing green tea from Hangzhou, the Bi Luo Chun green tea from Tai Hu and so on). [Read more…]

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How to Use Didi: The Best App to Book a Taxi in China

Updated on September 10, 2021 by Rita Andreetti 13 Comments

How to use the DiDi app – Index

  1. How DiDi works
  2. What you need to install Didi (cell phone number, payment method, etc)
  3. How to install DiDi on your cell phone
  4. The type of rides that DiDi offers
  5. What is the difference between Taxi and Express
  6. How to reserve a car with DiDi
  7. Quick guide on how to take a trip in ten steps
  8. More information about DiDi
  9. Frequently asked questions

If you don’t use DiDi you could have some problems in China. Sure you could always wave your hand at the side of the road and a taxi will still stop. But if it’s bad weather or rush hour, there’s no longer any hope of finding a taxi without this new app.

DiDi dache or DiDi chuxing (滴滴打车 or 滴滴出行) is the name of a cell phone app which makes it possible to contact both taxis and private cars with professional drivers.

In other words it’s like a local Uber. DiDi is not the only one on the market, but it’s certainly the most widespread and above all it has a convenient version in English.

There are two ways to use DiDi: [Read more…]

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The 15 Most Livable Cities in China

Updated on March 29, 2022 by Richard Kronick 22 Comments

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The Most Livable Cities in China – Index

  1. Hangzhou
  2. Xiamen
  3. Kunming
  4. Qingdao
  5. Nanjing
  6. Shenzhen
  7. Zhuhai
  8. Beijing
  9. Tianjin
  10. Sanya
  11. Haikou
  12. Chengdu
  13. Suzhou
  14. Guilin
  15. Shanghai
  16. Cost of living in different Chinese cities
  17. Frequently asked questions

China is an enormous country full of diverse cultures, cuisines, dialects, and living conditions. Traveling from place to place in China you could feel as if you are traveling through a variety of different countries.

The lifestyle in the largest cities differs significantly from that in the countryside, the western and eastern parts of the country feel like completely separate worlds and customs in the north can be totally out of place in the south (and vice-versa). One could easily spend a lifetime exploring China and sampling its massive variety.

That being said, there are some parts of China that are typically more attractive for living in than others. While many people who come from abroad to live in China gravitate towards Beijing and Shanghai, there are many other wonderful cities in which to live in.

If you are fortunate enough to be able to select where you want to live in China (a common perk of being an English teacher) it can seem a little daunting to try to choose which city would be ideal for you.

Therefore, we have gathered a list of 15 cities, which are in no particular order (because tastes truly do vary), that seem to be generally considered the most enjoyable places to live in China.

We have taken into consideration many factors such as cultural and historical significance, economic conditions, cleanliness, cuisine, climate, fashion and shopping, how cosmopolitan a city is and proximity to other areas of interest.

We hope you enjoy our list of the 15 most livable cities in China! [Read more…]

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How to Use WeChat (or Weixin): The Complete Guide for Foreigners

Updated on February 8, 2022 by Giorgia Borza 13 Comments

How to use Wechat

  1. How to install WeChat
  2. Communicating with WeChat
  3. How to use “Moments”
  4. New friends on WeChat
  5. Personal account and posts
  6. Wallet and operations
  7. Strong and weak points of WeChat
  8. 4 Surreal Uses for WeChat

For those who still are not familiar with, WeChat (微信, Weixin, which means “micro-letter” or “micro-message” in Chinese) is a social network: it’s sort of halfway between WhatsApp and Facebook, with the dual purpose of dividing content on your dashboard besides communication via chat. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Internet and Technology Tagged With: Internet in China, Travel in China

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How to Choose Your Travel Insurance for China (and why you need it)

Updated on February 14, 2022 by Sapore di Cina

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Travel Insurance for China – Index

  1. Why do I need an health insurance when I travel to China?
  2. Hospitals in China
  3. Privacy at the hospital in China
  4. What insurance do we recommend?
  5. What should a good insurance cover?
  6. Travel insurance for people over the age of 65
  7. What should I do when I need medical assistance?
  8. Frequently asked questions

When I decided to go to China for the first time, finding an affordable and comprehensive health insurance was one of my first concerns, as I knew that, while in my country I was covered by the welfare system, in China I was on my own. This also applies to short-term travelers: unless you have international insurance, you won’t be covered while traveling around Asia.

Why do I need an health insurance when I travel to China?

Health insurance isn’t compulsory when you travel, so you can still go to Asia without any insurance and hope to never get sick, have an accident, lose your luggage, or having your flight canceled by a storm.

However, I won’t do it myself. It’s too risky. Especially when you consider that a good travel insurance only costs you a couple of USD per day.

Chinese hospitals are business-oriented and they won’t help you unless you can pay cash in advance or they can verify that you’re covered by adequate medical insurance.

I repeat, if you can’t pay nobody will help you. Also, international hospitals in China (where doctors and nurses can speak English) are often more expensive than hospitals in the U.S.

I’ve heard plenty of horror stories of western tourists or expats that were left to die or lose a foot in an Asian hospital because, after being a victim of an accident or bad food poisoning, they didn’t have insurance or enough cash to pay for the emergency treatments they needed. Can you afford to pay 5,000 or 10,000 USD cash? [Read more…]

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Best Online Chinese Food Cooking Courses

Updated on March 9, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

Best Online Chinese Food Cooking Courses

Chinese Food Cooking Courses – Index

  1. Cook Like a Wok Star (Udemy)
  2. 5 Easy Chinese Take Out Recipes to Make at Home (Udemy)
  3. Appetite for China
  4. Chinese Healthy Cooking (YouTube channel)
  5. Garden Time homemade cuisine (YouTube channel)
  6. Taste Show (YouTube channel)

Chinese cuisine is well-known for being one of the biggest and most popular in the world. No matter where you go, you can find Chinese restaurants anywhere, even in small towns and villages in Europe.

If you want to learn how to cook Chinese food quickly, two good options can be to attend online and/or follow popular YouTube channels. Therefore, we have written this article where we list some of the most popular online Chinese food cooking courses and YouTube channels.

If you have any other recommendations, feel free to drop a comment below or send us an email!

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The 11 Best Apps for Traveling in China

Updated on March 7, 2022 by Andrea Lasheras 13 Comments

Best Apps for Traveling in China

Best Apps to Travel in China – Index

  1. City maps: Google Maps, Maps, Baidu Ditu
  2. Subway maps: Metro China Subway
  3. Train and plane tickets: China Train Booking and Trip
  4. VPN: Express VPN and the others
  5. Hotels: Agoda, Hostelworld, Booking
  6. Taxis: Didi Chuxing
  7. Chinese dictionaries: Pleco, Hanping, Google Translate
  8. The App of all Apps: WeChat
  9. Web content search engine: Baidu, Bing, and Google
  10. Payment Apps: Alipay
  11. Music player: Kugou Music, QQ music

Before you begin

Are you going to travel to China and would like to use of some tools that will make your experience easier?

In a country where the language is a huge barrier, it certainly doesn’t hurt to load up your smartphone with a few megabytes that will help you deal with typical situations of all types, namely where to stay, how to get around and how to access key information.

Keep in mind that not all applications that work in your country will work in China, meanwhile, others will work, albeit very slowly.

Because of this, in this article, I present the 10 applications that I consider to be the most useful and effective for traveling to the country. Of course, there exist many more, but I will focus on those that don’t require a knowledge of Chinese to use.

Unless there’s an indication to the contrary, all of these are available for iOS and Android. However, take note Android users:

The Google Play Store doesn’t work in China, so to avoid complications, it’s better that you download all of the apps you think you’ll need before your trip.

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Traveling to Wuhan: A Complete Guide

Updated on March 2, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

Traveling to Wuhan

Traveling to Wuhan – Index

  1. Why you should visit Wuhan
  2. Transportation options in Wuhan
  3. When to travel to Wuhan
  4. What to see and do in Wuhan
  5. What to eat in Wuhan

Wuhan is one of the biggest cities in China, having a population of around 12 million people. The city has received a lot of more attention from January 2020, due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Wuhan is a transportation hub in central China, has plenty of foreign multinational companies, great cuisine, and astonishing views. Locals and foreigners travel to the city, especially during the spring and autumn, just to indulge in local food, visit parks, lakes and historical sites.

In this article, I explain why you should visit Wuhan, how you can reach the city, where you should go while there, what to eat, and more. Let’s get started.

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Filed Under: Travel around China Tagged With: Hubei, Travel in China, Wuhan

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How to Take the Metro in China: The Complete Guide

Updated on March 9, 2022 by Manuel Recchia Leave a Comment

How to Take the Metro in China

Taking the metro in China – Index

  1. What to expect a inside a Chinese metro station
  2. Cards, tickets and prices
  3. Useful applications
  4. Survival advice
  5. Metros in the biggest Chinese cities

There are many ways to unravel yourself from the vastness of Chinese cities: taxis, didis, buses, bikes, on foot, by train.

One of the most comfortable ways to get around the various parts of the city, is without a doubt the metro, which you’ll find in the majority of the large Chinese cities (more than 40 cities offer a metro system, including Hong Kong and Macao, and many that don’t have one are building metro systems or expanding existing ones).

It’s fast, comfortable, cheap, high-tech, clean and well-developed, but alas, often overcrowded (especially on certain routes during certain times).
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Best Dating Apps for China: Our Complete Guide

Updated on December 22, 2020 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

Best Dating Apps for China

Best Dating Apps for China – Index

  1. Tan Tan (探探)
  2. Tinder
  3. Badoo
  4. Mo Mo (陌陌)
  5. Tencent’s QQ
  6. WeChat
  7. What should I do if a dating application is blocked in China?

The online dating applications industry has literally exploded and companies receive funding in the hundreds of millions of dollars and are valued in the billions. China is not an exception and there are plenty of both local and foreign companies that target the Chinese online dating market.

If you plan to visit or move to China and look for the best dating applications, don’t look any further. In this article, we list some of the biggest and most popular dating apps you can find.

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Travel to Shandong Province: A Complete Guide

Updated on March 2, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

Travel to Shandong Province

Travel to Shandong – Index

  1. Why you should visit Shandong
  2. What to see and do in Shandong
  3. Shandong gastronomy
  4. Travel tips for Shandong

Shandong, which translates to “East of the mountains”, is a populous province that has played a vital role throughout China’s history. It’s the home of Mount Tai, a site with one of the longest histories of religious worship. Besides, Confucius was born in Qufu, one of the biggest cities in the province.

It’s a religious and cultural center for Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and also the third wealthiest province of China. In this article, I explain why you should visit Shandong, places to visit, about the cuisine, and finally, I share some travel tips.

Quick facts:

  • Chinese Name: 山东
  • Provincial Capital: Jinan
  • Famous Cities: Qingdao, Jinan, Weihai, Linyi, Qufu, Dezhou
  • Population: Around 100 million
  • Surrounding provinces: Hebei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan
  • Ethnic groups: Han (99.3%), Hui (0.6%)

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Chinese Movies Reviews: Discover China Through its Cinema

Updated on March 24, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 8 Comments

This page is dedicated to my favorite Chinese movies.

Ocean Heaven (海洋天堂, Hǎiyáng Tiāntáng)

Ocean HeavenOcean Heaven is a 2010 Chinese-Hong Kong drama directed by Xue Xiaolu.

Sam Wong has a terminal sickness and is going to die soon. Even if he has accepted it, he’s worried for his son, Dafu, who is a 21 year old autistic guy. Sam works in an aquarium and, since his wife died fourteen years before, he has to look after his son alone.

Sam’s deepest fear is that Dafu won’t be able to look after for himself after he will die. Hence he’s trying to teach to his soon how to learn the essential everyday tasks so that he will be able to survive once he will be alone.

An important part of the story is devoted to show the help that Sam and Dafu get from their community. In China there isn’t the state welfare that you can get in Europe or Japan, so people learned how to take care of each other.

This is one of the few movies in Chinese that I was able to completely understand without English subtitles. The reason is that there isn’t much dialogue going on. It’s all about body language and face expressions.

Even if it’s a sad story, Ocean Heaven does end up with an optimistic view of the future. But you have to watch the movie to discover it ; )

The Story of Qiu Ju (秋菊打官司, Qiū Jú dǎ guān sī)

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Traveling to Hubei, Province of the Three Gorges Dam

Updated on February 10, 2022 by Armando Turturici 1 Comment

Traveling to HubeiCreative Commons License Lesser Three Gorges Boat Trip032 by Paul B Doherty

Traveling to Hubei – Index

  1. Why visit Hubei Province?
  2. When to visit Hubei?
  3. Wuhan – what’s there to see?
  4. The city of Jingzhou and Mount Wudang
  5. Shennong Jia National Park
  6. The city of Yichang
  7. Frequently asked questions

The capital of Hubei Province (湖北) is Wuhan (武汉). The abbreviated name for Hubei Province is 鄂 (E), a character mostly used on car license plates. The presence of the character 北 (bei) “north” shouldn’t fool you, since Hubei is a province in central China.

The name comes from the fact that it’s located north of the large and deep Dongting Lake (洞庭), just like Hunan (湖南) because, as opposed to Hubei, it’s located south of Dongting Lake. On one shore of Dongting Lake there’s the famous Yueyang Lou (岳阳楼), “Yueuang Tower”.

Note too that the really ancient State of Chu (楚) is located in Hubei.

Why visit Hubei Province?

Some time ago, the general image of China was a place full of lakes, rivers, mountains, forests, animals, Chinese with straw hats on board little boats, and so on.

Well, Hubei is certainly one of the most fertile and lush Chinese provinces, thanks to the countless rivers and lakes to be found there. The most important river that goes through Hubei is Changjiang (长江), the “Long River”, known in the West as the Yangzi or, Yangtze depending on the old phonetic transcription from Wade-Giles.

Although the literal translation of Changjiang is “Long River”, it’s conventionally called “Blue River” because there are clay-like substances present that allows it to reflect the blue of the sky like a mirror. The Changjiang is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world, surpassed only by the Amazon and Nile Rivers.

Although nature has an important role in Hubei, modernity has not failed to reach this wonderful province, with all the pros and cons that this brings. [Read more…]

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Travel to China: Tips and Resources

Updated on March 7, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 35 Comments

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Travel to China Guide – Index

  1. How to get a Chinese Visa
  2. Tour or independent travel?
  3. Travel Insurance for China
  4. Hotels and hostels in China
  5. Vaccines and medicine
  6. Flying to China
  7. Internet and phone cards
  8. Phone cards
  9. Best apps for traveling in China
  10. Money, ATMs and credit cards
  11. China by train
  12. Domestic flights
  13. What to bring?
  14. When to travel to China?
  15. Common sense and cultural issues
  16. Food and drinks
  17. Nightlife in China
  18. Scams in China
  19. Shopping and bargaining
  20. Numbers in China
  21. How to communicate in China
  22. Frequently asked questions

This guide contains pretty much all the info that you’ll need to prepare your trip to China. However, note that in this article we don’t go into detail about any tourist destination or itinerary.

If you’d like to learn more about a particular destination, The Great Wall of China at Mutianyu, for example, click here to access our collection of tourist guides.

If you want to learn more about a particular touristic itinerary, click here.

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Zodiac Signs and the Chinese Horoscope: Our Guide

Updated on February 14, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

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Zodiac Signs and the Chinese Horoscope – Index

  1. Why does each sign correspond with an animal?
  2. Personality and (romantic) compatibility between Chinese Zodiac signs
  3. Find out your Chinese Zodiac sign
  4. The four pillars of destiny
  5. Find out your “internal animal”
  6. Find out your “true animal”
  7. Find out your “secret animal”
  8. Yin and Yang
  9. The five elements
  10. For those fixated on the math
  11. A calendar of the next twelve years
  12. Frequently asked questions

The Chinese Zodiac, or shengxiao (生肖), has twelve symbols, just like the western one (given to us by the ancient Greeks). And, even in this case, each sign is associated with particular character traits. The difference is that while in our Zodiac each symbol corresponds with a certain month, the Chinese Zodiac corresponds with a particular year, For example, 2015 is the year of the Goat!

Why does each sign correspond with an animal?

It is said that Buddha, when he was near to dying, gathered all animals of the earth. However, only twelve bothered to come say goodbye. So he – being magnanimous as few others could – decided to reward them by baptizing each lunar phase with the name of one of the animals that came. The first to show up was the mouse (never trust the rats). After that, arriving in order were the buffalo, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig (the usual latecomer). [Read more…]

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10 Incredible Dog Breeds Originally from China

Updated on March 14, 2022 by Sapore di Cina 1 Comment

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10 Dog Breeds Originally from China – Index

  1. Large Chinese dogs: Tibetan Mastiff, Shar-Pei
  2. Medium-sized Chinese dogs: Chongqing, Chow Chow, Tibetan Terrier
  3. Small Chinese dogs: Lhasa Apso, Pekingese, Chinese Crested Dog, Shih Tzu, Pug
  4. Frequently asked questions

Quite a broad and varied range of dog breeds have come to us from China, some of which are very well-known and others not so much. If you have one or are interested in these marvelous Chinese dog breeds, below, I’m going to explain their origins and most common features.

We have grouped them by size, as that is one of the features that people keep in mind the most when choosing which breed to take home:

Large (weighing more than 18 kg, and which can even reach 100):

  • Tibetan Mastiff
  • Shar-Pei

Medium (weighing more than 8 kg and up to 30):

  • Chongqing
  • Chow Chow
  • Tibetan Terrier

Small (maximum weight of between 8 and 9 kg):

  • Lhasa Apso
  • Pekingese
  • Chinese Crested Dog
  • Shih Tzu
  • Pug

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How to Take a Taxi in China: A Complete Guide

Updated on March 10, 2022 by Sapore di Cina Leave a Comment

How to Take a Taxi in China

If you plan to travel to China, it can be worth to do some reading about how to get around by taxi. Not only is the culture different, but it’s also important that you know how much it costs and what options to use.

How do you get a taxi and can you communicate with the driver in English? Do you need to tip or not? These are just a couple of questions that you should know before you depart for China.

In this article, we reply to some of the most common questions related to taking taxis in China.

How do you hail a taxi in China?

Below I’ve listed the three different ways of how you can hail a taxi in China. [Read more…]

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The 20 Top Things to See and Do in Shenzhen

Updated on March 21, 2022 by Vanessa Anderson 24 Comments

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Travel to Shenzhen – Index

  1. Getting around Shenzhen
  2. When to visit Shenzhen
  3. How long to stay in Shenzhen
  4. A word on visas
  5. Nanshan District
  6. Futian District
  7. Luohu District
  8. Longgang District
  9. Pingshan District
  10. Longhua District
  11. Dapeng Penninsula
  12. Frequently asked questions

Before you begin

Just across the border from Hong Kong on the Chinese mainland, lies the first tier city of Shenzhen, where around 15 million people live, work and entertain themselves.

Whether visiting or living in Shenzhen, this article will introduce some of the better scenic spots, historic sites and themed attractions. Shenzhen is a sprawling city covering ten districts, so you’ll need to plan carefully to make the most of your time – places to see are listed by district to make this easier.

Depending on your expectations, you may find some attractions quite touristy and possibly even tacky – but that’s the nature of Chinese entertainment. Take time to look beyond this, and you are likely to have some great experiences and get to sample the unique and wonderful culture that China offers.

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