China made easy: Tourism highlights

China can seem as impenetrable as it is imposing. Consider the numbers: it's the world's most populous nation, where more than 100 cities have populations over a million. Fifty-six ethnic groups are spread across 22 provinces and five autonomous regions, in a landmass slightly larger than the U.S. full story

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