The beautiful ice sculptures at LongQing Gorge 龙庆峡, BeiJing

GuangXi province. The four hour Li River cruise from GuiLin to YangShuo passes through spectacular karst peaks scenery, making it one of the top tourist attractions in China. The film also includes views over YangShuo and a short boat trip from FuLi (down river from YangShuo) before sunset. Very beautiful ...

A tour of YangShuo and its beautiful countryside of rivers and karst peaks. Go hiking along the Li River, bamboo raft down the YuLong River and visit other attractions like Moon Hill and the Big Banyan Tree.

HaiNan ('South Sea') island is the southern-most part of China.

Filmed in April 2012.

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With Insider TV. Each film includes both the famous places and also interesting places that are less well known, including dining and nightlife.

Near YangShuo, GuangXi province.

ShanHaiGuan, east of Beijing at the coast, is at the eastern end of the Great Wall. This is located near QinHuangDao and is closely associated with China's first emperor. Qin Dynasty: 221 - 206 BC. Qin Shi Huang joined together walls at China's northern frontier into the first Great Wall. He also ended feudalism and unified much of China.

Filmed in November 2013. Places featured: Hong Kong *, Li River (GuangXi) *, LiJiang (YunNan), Tiger Leaping Gorge *, ChengDu (pandas), Tibet *, ShangHai, BeiJing (wild Great Wall *); * indicates most footage.

YuanMingYuan, also known as the 'Old Summer Palace', was constructed during the 18th and early 19th century and was a wonderland of lakes and waterways, bridges, hills and pavilions. One third of the ground of YuanMingYuan was taken up by over 200 small hills with steep sides, secluded valleys, rock walls and stone caves.