Features
05.12.23
Investing in Tourism in Xinjiang, Beijing Seeks New Ways to Control the Region’s Culture
In a county where authorities ran multiple internment camps in China’s northwest Xinjiang region, the local government has commissioned a new set of buildings for a very different demographic: tourists. These sites and services, which were...
Photo Gallery
11.24.20
A Border Town’s Second Gamble
Maxine greets us from her small apartment, decorated with flowers and a poster of herself. “If you ask me whether I feel like this is Laos or China, I feel like I’m living in China. There are so many Chinese people here,” she says as she brushes her...
The NYRB China Archive
11.26.19
How China’s Rise Has Forced Hong Kong’s Decline
from New York Review of Books
For nearly six months, people around the world have watched the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong with one question in the back of their minds: When will Beijing lose patience and the repression begin? Journalists expecting to cover Tiananmen II...
Viewpoint
07.18.19
‘See, They Are So Happy with Our Generosity!’
On June 22, in Sihanoukville, a port city in southwest Cambodia, a Chinese-owned building under construction collapsed, killing at least 28 people, all Cambodians. The owner had undertaken the construction without the required permit, and defied...
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05.01.17Holiday Hush as Chinese Tourists Shun South Korean Resort Island amid THAAD Missile Shield Row
South China Morning Post
During the May Day holiday, the Jeju Cruise Terminal in South Korea used to be packed with thousands of passengers from the ports of Shanghai, Tianjin and Qingdao disembarking from large cruise liners and boarding their tourist buses.
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04.26.17China Is Crushing South Korea’s Tourism Industry
CNN
Pro tip for countries looking to keep their tourism numbers up: Don’t annoy China. That’s the lesson South Korea is learning the hard way. The country suffered a 40% plunge in Chinese visitors last month, according to the Korea Tourism Organization.
The China Africa Project
02.03.17
Chinese Tourism to Africa Is Up, but Travel Companies Are Wary
Africa is becoming an increasingly popular holiday destination among adventure-seeking Chinese tourists. The number of visitors who went to Africa in 2016 was up sharply due to looser visa restrictions and new direct flights between China and...
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12.01.16Full-Sized Replica of the Titanic Begins Taking Shape in Landlocked Southwest China
South China Morning Post
Tourist attraction aims to recreate the thrills and horror of doomed voyage
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10.10.16Tensions Rise Between South Korea and China After Chinese Tourists are Denied Entry to Jeju Island
Quartz
Following a recent spate of violent crimes conducted by Chinese tourists, some Chinese tourists were barred from entering Jeju
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10.03.16589 Million Chinese Tourists Will Spend $72 Billion in Just 7 Days Celebrating “Golden Week”
Quartz
Unexpectedly, the new hot destination is Morocco
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09.28.16Chinese Tourists Encouraged to Behave Ahead of Mass Vacation
WSJ: China Real Time Report
Public urination and defacing monuments are no-nos
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06.29.16Days After Disney Opened Its First theme Park, It Is Already Planning a Second
Quartz
Disney tries to keep China’s allurement to the Disney empire under control....
The China Africa Project
06.25.15
South Africa Tourism in Crisis as Chinese Reject New Visa Regulations
South Africa’s tourism sector is in crisis as a series of new visa regulations have prompted dramatic falls in arrivals, particularly from the world’s largest source of tourists: China. The number of Chinese visitors to South Africa has plunged a...
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06.25.15South Africa Tourism in Crisis as Chinese Reject New Visa Regulations
The number of Chinese visitors to South Africa has dropped 32 percent after new visa regulations make travel difficult.
Sinica Podcast
06.15.15
The People’s Republic of Cruiseland
from Sinica Podcast
We have enough favorite writers on China that we’ve had to develop a sophisticated classification system just to keep track of everyone. That said, one of our hardest to place within the long-form taxonomy is Chris Beam, who you may have heard on...
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03.11.14A Border City on the Edge of the Law
New York Times
Mongla in Myanmar is best known among Chinese tourists for its casinos and large selection of rare and endangered animals.
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09.26.13Wooing, And Also Resenting, Chinese Tourists
New York Times
They gawk, they shove, they eschew local cuisine, and last year, 83 million mainland Chinese spent $102 billion abroad making them the world’s biggest tourism spenders, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.