JIA's Dream Tours China Blog

Hi China Tour Dreamers, Better start making your plans now for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. You can be sure it will be a once in lifetime event. Remember how China presented the Olympics! It will be a fabulous extravaganza! They are projecting participation from 200 countries and 70 million visitors! You can check [...]

Sichuan Opera Show in Chengdu, China – Shadow Puppets Hi Gang! This guy is amazing! This Sichuan Opera company performs in Chengdu, which is the capital of Sichaun Province in China (home of very spicy food and Giant Pandas!). This show is a must-see when you are in China and a bit hit with my [...]

Hello China Tour Dreamers! A fascinating yet little known fact is that Shanghai was a sanctuary for Jewish refugees fleeing the persecution of Hitler’s Germany. In fact Shanghai was the only place in the world that would take them in unconditionally. That is because Shanghai was the only place in the world that did not [...]

Hello China Tour Dreamers! People go to China to experience something very Chinese, not something they can get anywhere else or at home. Who doesn’t? That’s normally what I think when giving suggestions and choosing places to stay or visit. Without exception, every one of my clients who have stayed there all love Bamboo Garden [...]

A Special Melody at the Potala Palace – Tibetan Women Singing I took this video at the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. There were a group of women working on the roof and they were singing and working rhythmically to the song they were singing. It was really a special moment in a very special [...]