Under the reign of the fifth Emperor Wencheng, a senior monk named Tao Yan from western Gansu province requested Imperial sponsorship to create the first rock carved caves in China at a sandstone escarpment 16 km west of Datong. So were the Yungang Caves born.

One of the most composed and sublimely beautiful films to have come out of China is Raise the Red Lantern (1991), hailed by IMDb as one of the “25 movies you must see before you die”. For a quintessentially Chinese location, director Zhang Yimou picked Pingyao, a turtle-shaped, walled city of nearly 4,000 wonderfully preserved original Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) buildings.  Almost the entire town consists of traditional cobbled streets dividing classically-styled courtyard homes,  » 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 »

2018 is shaping up to be a great year for tourism into China, including some hot new hotel openings. We at Imperial Tours have been very lucky to have witnessed the quality of service and facilities in China improve over the past decade into what they are now. However, it is not just the quality of service and luxury that is so surprising about China, there is incredible value as well. (On a square foot basis,  » Read more »