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Have money, will travel

Hainan is China's No 1 domestic tourist destination and also attracts more than twice the number of overseas visitors of any other province. But now, the country's biggest holidaymaking hotspot has even bigger plans to attract big spenders.

For a 5,000-star hotel stay, head to treehouse resort

There probably isn't any place in China that resembles an Ewok settlement more than Sanya Nanshan Treehouse Resort and Beach Club.

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Finding home at last

On Lisa Carducci's desk, a framed front cover of Beijing Review, a weekly magazine published in many languages, features the Canadian writer dressed in bright red, holding a small card in front of the five-star flag of China.

Icon of freedom, friend of China

Editor's note: Paul Robeson dreamt of visiting China all his life. But his dream never came true. Today, on the 110th anniversary of his birth, a group of Chinese scholars gather at the former residency of Madame Soong Ching-ling to pay tribute to this great singer, actor, scholar, human-rights champion, and above all, friend of the Chinese people. Professor Chen Lin of the Beijing Foreign Studies University, recalls Robeson's life and his connection to China

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Drowning in a Chinese sea of beauty

If you are called a "beauty" in some Chinese shops, don't get too excited, as you will find out disappointedly that most female customers are addressed the same way.

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Life on the docks

Built 2,400 years ago, the Grand Canal linking Beijing and Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang province, was the country's most important transport link, and was used to ship grains and goods between the south and the north. At a time when there were no trains or highways, it served to connect the whole of China.

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