<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - China</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><description>China</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[In Beijing, Red Means Go]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28200-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28200-2004Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Beijing the bicycles don't stop for red lights. I had pretty much figured this out for myself by my second day on a rented 15-speed mountain bike. But it was Lu Xianfang who taught me how to weave my way across eight lanes of traffic that had the green light, and probably thought it had the right of way.]]></description><author> Joost Polak</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faster Than a Speeding Bullet Train]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31674-2004May16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31674-2004May16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shanghai's new magnetic levitation train, or maglev, built by German engineers for $1.2 billion to cover 20 miles in less than eight minutes, has proved it can make an impression, even in a city that lives on superlatives.]]></description><author> Edward Cody</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong:  No Ill Feelings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59770-2003Dec12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59770-2003Dec12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For months I had been receiving depressing e-mails and phone calls from friends in my old home town telling of an economy in a tailspin, of jumbo jets arriving empty except for their crews, of hotels and shopping malls looking like ghost towns, of empty restaurants and bars.]]></description><author> Steven Knipp</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Deal Finder]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59754-2003Dec12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59754-2003Dec12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Packages <br>The    Hong Kong Tourism Board  (800-282-4582, <a href="http://www.discoverhongkong.com/usa">www.discoverhongkong.com/usa</a>) lists tour companies and their package deals, which range from two-for-one trips to art and culture tours and cruises. Sample trips:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Expert's Picks: Six Great Things to Do]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59757-2003Dec12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59757-2003Dec12.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So you think Hong Kong is just one big shopping mall? After 15 years there, I could tell you a hundred different things to do and see. Here are six of my favorites:]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off to Hong Kong? Suit Yourself.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3312-2002Jan18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3312-2002Jan18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I have a butt.]]></description><author> Steve Hendrix</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong for $200: A Courier's Journal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43444-2001Dec14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43444-2001Dec14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It is possible to see the world for next to nothing -- as a courier.]]></description><author> Steve Hendrix</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Whirl]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42853-2000May21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42853-2000May21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[First, to all of those that we slighted: We really were having a wonderful time; we really did wish you were there. But one casualty of trying to "do" both Hong Kong and Beijing in one week is that you don't have time for all the usual vacation things. Like writing postcards.]]></description><author> Jerry Haines</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's Panda Paradise]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20738-2000May28.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20738-2000May28.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/asiamideast/china</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:44:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[What:  Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding<P>Where: Near Chengdu, in China's Sichuan Province<P>Why Go: You'd literally circle the globe to see giant pandas. Plus, you don't want to wait until Washington's National Zoo receives its pair, which may come from this facility.]]></description><author> Douglas Wissing</author></item></channel></rss>