Before my husband Greg Yu started composing the original music score for a documentary on the Titanic last year, I never knew there were Chinese survivors. I had seen plenty of movies, documentaries retracing the tragic destiny of the luxury ship when it sank on 14 April 1912 but don´t remember ever hearing about Chinese among the survivors. And yet, eight Chinese men originally from Guangdong province boarded the Titanic four days earlier, in Southampton,  » Read more »

One of the most received comments from clients who are on their second or third trip to China goes something like “…I can’t believe this is China, I barely recognize it.” This will of course be true for those who first ventured out to the Middle Kingdom in the 80’s and 90’s but is even the case for those who have been as recently as 2008 for the Beijing Olympics. There’s a variety of changes that people are impressed by.  » Read more »

  Updated: 25 March 2020 The Imperial Tours team would like to extend their heartfelt solidarity to everyone around the world who is being impacted by Covid-19. Now more than ever we are reminded of how fortunate we are to be in a business which brings people from opposite sides of the world together. To our amazing partners in the travel sector, we would like to remind that these difficult times will pass and that we will continue to arrange inspiring trips for our guests at the appropriate time.  » Read more »

Do Chinese Women Enjoy More Freedom & Power Than Other Countries? In the eyes of the western media, the Communist experience in China is presumed to be irredeemably bad. This picture is complicated when it comes to the position of women in Chinese society. Communism broke down the traditional strictures on women, freeing them to advance in many professions. Though the picture is mixed, for example women are under-represented in the upper tiers of government, there’s little question that women in China are far ahead of their peers in Japan and Korea.

Scott Kronick left home comforts to set up Ogilvy & Mather’s office in China over twenty years ago. Since then he has advised the world’s leading multinationals at the highest commercial and political levels and now leads an organization of 300 across 6 offices. A new expert on Imperial Tours’ roster, we asked him for his inside view of China. Imperial Tours (IT): We all know there are many misperceptions and inaccurate myths about China.   » Read more »