The Golden Shield of China
Traveling to China is routine for women and men of business all over the world. It is luxurious for people who simply want to travel back to an ancient country and explore cities and roadways older than the very nation they came from. Yes, in China, there are footbridges older than the United States of America. All of them await you in this beautiful country, but if you are an avid social networking from a Western country, you might find China’s “Golden Shield” stopping you in your tracks.
Taking Your iPhone to China
If you are planning to travel to China for business or pleasure anytime soon, and you want to use your iPhone while you are there, you’ll need to take steps to prepare ahead of time for using your iPhone overseas. The first thing you will need to do when you arrive in China is to get yourself a Chinese SIM card. Without a SIM card, you will be unable to use your iPhone as anything more than an iPod Touch. To obtain such a SIM card, just find your nearest China Unicom (Zhōngguó Liántōng, 中国联通) outlet and get their SIM card with a monthly plan. Unicom offers 3G data connections, but if you don’t think you’ll need 3G while you’re there, China Mobile (Zhōngguó Yídòng Tōngxìn, 中国移动通信) offers SIM cards with cheaper data plans and has the added reputation of better signals in most of the big cities.
China: Off the Beaten Path
Some of the most beautiful landscapes and most caring people I have come across were in China. From the countryside you can find people that love to show you the wonder of the area you are in. It is hard not to lose yourself a midst such splendor. Between the beautiful views of the valley from under a 400 year old tree or a ride down the Yangtze river on a modern river boat you just become speechless. When I found myself walking down a path literally built on the side of a cliff that showed everything I truly felt like I was on the top of the world.
Traveling to China? Learn the Language
So, you have read all of the exciting articles here about touring China, visiting some of the most ancient historical sites in all the world, dining on the finest cuisine the country has to offer, and walking on the Chinese Great Wall perhaps while you are there.
Top Spots for Tourism in China
The state of Chinese tourism today is reliant to no small extent on what people generally already know about China; what are the places most interesting to see and visit?
Warriors of Old: A Chinese Tourist Hot Spot
I’m sure most folks have at least heard of the Terra Cotta Warriors that are located in the scenic territory of China in Xian. It is such an amazing sight to behold that any tourist to China should be ashamed if they didn’t take the shuttle out to visit. Qin Shi Huang was the first Emperor of all China at the age of 13 and he quickly began work on his mausoleum to store his treasures and sacrificial objects for the afterlife. However, the true magnitude of his tomb was not uncovered until 1974 when some peasants unearthed pottery while digging for a well and archeologists swarmed the area to confirm that these were artifacts from the Qin Daynasty around 210 BC.
