CHANGCHUN - The airport in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin province, will see more flights in the coming winter and spring season to meet the rising demand from tourists. The winter flight schedule runs from Oct 29 to March 24.
It took my breath away when I first caught sight of the snowcapped peak of the world's highest mountain emerging from the clouds outside my plane window.
SHANGHAI - The number of visits from China to Abu Dhabi reached 242,000 from January to August, making China the largest source of tourists in the city, Abu Dhabi's tourism department said recently. Saif Saeed Ghobash, director of Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism, said that in the first eight months the number of visits by Chinese tourists to Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, increased by 68 percent year on year.
SAN FRANCISCO - An event for the new initiative "Beautiful China - Journey Along the World Heritage" that seeks to promote China's 52 UNESCO World Heritage sites to tourists from the United States was held recently. "From the iconic Great Wall in Beijing to Fujian province's Kulangsu Settlement, the newest 2017 addition to UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, China boasts a long list of must-see attractions," said Wang Xiaofeng, vice chairman of the China National Tourism Administration at the event held in downtown San Francisco, in the US state of California.
SHANGHAI - Now that the PGA Tour has its first Chinese players, there's reason to believe they won't be the last.
SHANGHAI - Li Haotong, whose third-place finish at the British Open saw him touted as a future major winner, has a warning for the established golfing elite: the Chinese are coming.
MEXICO CITY - Britain's Lewis Hamilton has no intention of easing up this weekend, even though he only needs a top-five finish in the Mexican Grand Prix to clinch his fourth world title and a place among the greatest drivers in Formula One history.
PHILADELPHIA - Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson kept an eye on the TV in the Houston locker room, which was appropriately showing the World Series.
SINGAPORE - Caroline Wozniacki said a more assertive approach is fueling her spectacular start to the WTA Finals after she thrashed world No 1 Simona Halep in straight sets on Wednesday.
Germany's Alexander Zverev will miss the inaugural ATP Next Gen Finals in Milan next month to concentrate on his debut in the ATP Tour Finals in London the following week.
LOS ANGELES - George Springer shouted with joy as he circled the bases after hitting a two-run homer in the top of the 11th inning.
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