How do you sum up a country that's home to almost a quarter of humanity and an ancient civilisation stretching back 5,000 years? With immense difficulty, is the answer, but we'll give it a go. Modern China contains striking contemporary metropolises such as Shanghai and Hong Kong, and rural areas where life has changed little for centuries, and it's this curious combination that makes China holidays so intriguing. After the upheavals of Maoism, China has become a capitalist powerhouse in all but name, a transition symbolised by the hosting of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Compare and contrast that
with the London Olympics four years later - we Brits did an austerity budget, ironic pastiche of the UK as a bucolic 'Shire' for the opening ceremony; Beijing did thousands of perfectly synchronised drummers and the biggest ever firework (their invention) display. In the UK we do pop-up restaurants while China's blast furnaces (their invention) produce enough steel to create pop-up cities almost overnight with populations larger than that of Holland.

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Original Travel organised our trip to China, from Beijing to Shanghai via Sichuan and Yunnan. It was an exceptional experience in a fascinating country. The quality of the advice, personalisation and experiences were second to none. The organisation, punctuality and friendliness of all our guides in China were excellent. Seamless professionalism. I 100% recommend Original Travel for anyone's trip to China.
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