Ticket prices for the Beijing Shanghai high-speed trains

The evening -7 O’clock news today announces the official trial prices for the Beijing Shanghai high speed train tickets. The long expected high speed rail between Beijing and Shanghai will be put into operation at the end of this June. The high speed trains running between Beijing and Shanghai are divided into two categories –…

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Train tickets booking experience in Beijing and London

Though Beijing is well connected to other major cities in China by the most advanced high speed bullet trains in the world, to book a train ticket in Beijing is still a headache for many foreign visitors.   Compared with the train ticket booking experience, Beijing Train Tickets Booking is overshadowed in the following aspects:   1. No official…

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Rickshaws in Beijing VS Rickshaws in London

Taking a pedicab traveling around the old residential area in Beijing ( Beijing Hutong Tour ) is one of the highlights for the many first time foreign tourists visiting Beijing. The old Beijing residential areas are mostly composed of Beijing Hutongs which form and contain the traditional living houses locally called “Siheyuan”, a kind of vernacular courtyards. Foreign travelers…

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Beijing public toilets VS London Public toilets

Years ago using public toilets in Beijing was an experience not for the faint-hearted, dirty and smelly, a major tourist complaint from international tourists on their Beijing Tour. In the past 6 years Beijing has allocated over 400 million yuan (approx. 40 million GBP) investment to upgrade its public toilets. It has adopted a toilet star-rated system ranking the public toilets from…

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