Guide to China

China is at best a culture shock. You may feel compelled to shop till you drop in its metropolises but balance your yin and yang by taking in the Silk Road, sail along the Yangzi River and making time to understand the Chinese mentality.

By TTM on 10 October 2011 in Destination Guides

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Name: The Republic of China

Capital: Beijing

Nationality: Chinese

Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam

Population: 1,306,313,812

Religions: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.)

Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages

Currency: Yuan Renminbi

Climate: Diverse: tropical in the south to subarctic in the north

Terrain: mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east

Country Dialing Code: +86

Weights & Measures: Metric

Time Zones: GMT/UTC +8

Visa: Visitors must have a visa. Visa's cost around £90. For UK visitors, China Visa Bureau can arrange this.

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Comments

Martin Anderson, London

I recently had a very serious situation with my Chinese Visa application... to cut a long story short, a well-known Company in London failed to submit my application, thus, almost making me miss my very important meeting in China.
Fortunately, I saw the travel magazine's link and contacted China Visa Bureau, I spoke to the most understanding man (Connor) who reassured me and then fixed my whole situation. Connor, Thank you.
I would highly recommend this company as the standard of work and customer care is nigh on perfect.
Finally, just a note to The Travel Magazine, The China Visa Bureau have a gadget on their site, which is a Visa Selector, I think this would be extremely beneficial to include on your website!

15 November, 2012

Martin Shaw, London

I would like to share James' comments and would also like to thank all the staff at China visa bureau. You worked your magic !! Thank you so much I will be in touch again.

22 April, 2012

James Hills, Scotland

Thankyou for all your usefull and up to date advice, Id also like to thankyou for providing the link for the visa agency (China Visa Bureau). Without that link I would off missed my flight.

25 October, 2011