China is the largest country entirely in Asia. China is bordered by Russia, India, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau (semi-autonomous), Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.

The People's Republic of China is officially secular and atheist but it does allow personal religion or supervised religious organization. Buddhism and Taoism, along with an underlying Confucian morality, have been the dominant religions of Chinese society for almost two millennia.

China is known as a state of etiquette and ceremonies. Many proverbs have been passed down from generation to generation such as 'civility costs nothing' or 'courtesy demands reciprocity' and so on.

The Great Wall of China should rightly be considered a Wonder of the World for its sheer length and the time and labor spent to enact a protective barrier for the ancient Chinese. Though considered the work of the Qin Shihuangdi秦始皇帝, the first Emperor of China,  it was already started some three hundred years earlier in shorter segments.  It is said that the word “China” came from Qin 秦 , also spelt “Chin”, the kingdom of Qin Shihuangdi.

This is one exciting cultural place at Qianmen off the main tourist itinerary. It is named after the drama Teahouse by Chinese author, Lao She. Although an attempt to give a taste of a Beijing tea-house during Lao She’s time, it has instead transformed into a wonderful entertainment house with short shows by comedians, singers, musicians, acrobats and opera performers.

The Temple of Heaven, an architectural wonder, is a complex of three main structures, the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (Qinian Dian), the Imperial Vault of Heaven (Huangqionyu) and Circular Mound Altar (Huanqiu Tan).

No visit to Beijing can be complete without seeing this preserved Chinese classical architecture of imperial splendor, a site which is considered not only an imperial city but also an imperial museum, hence also called the Palace Museum. Another name, The Forbidden City, is so-called because it was forbidden for the commoner to enter the compound on pain of death. It was also forbidden for any building in Beijing to be constructed higher then the buildings in the Forbidden City. The yellow color of the tiled roofs could not be used by commoners.

YuanMingYuan is located at north-west Beijing,  is called the Old Summer Palace by tourists to distinguish it from the nearby Summer Palace. Actually YuanMingYuan was a large imperial park of three separate parks viz. the Garden of Perfection and Brightness  to the west, the Garden of Ten Thousand (Eternal) Springs to the south and the Garden of Everlasting Spring to the east, all centered around Fuhai.