Accommodation in China hotelsFor towns in China click hereChina, formally known as the People's Republic of China is a large country in Eastern Asia which is about the same size as the United States of America) and with the world's largest population. With coasts on the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, it borders Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to the South; Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to the West; Russia and Mongolia to the North and North Korea to the East. 
Regions North-east - Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang - Dongbei the "rust belt" of China. North - Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin - the Yellow River Basin area, historical heartland of China. North-west - Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang - grasslands and deserts, nomadic people, Islam. South-west - Tibet, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou - the exotic part, home to most of the Chinese minorities, with spectacular scenery. Southern-central - Anhui, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi - farming areas. South-east - Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian - the traditional trading center. East - Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang - the new economic center. There are also the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau and in addition the island of Taiwan is claimed. China has many large and famous cities and below is a list of the nine most important to those travelling. Some of the most famous tourist attractions in China are: Great Wall of China. Tibet. Silk Road . Hainan island, a tropical paradise. China also has dozens of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Several sites in China have famous Buddhist art: Yungang Grottoes (near Datong) in Shanxi Province - more than 51,000 Buddhist carvings, dating back 1,500 years, in the recesses and caves of the Yangang Valley mountainsides. Mogao Caves (near Dunhuang) in Gansu province - art and manuscripts dating back to the 4th century. Dazu Rock Carvings near Chongqing, dating from the 7-13th century. Longmen Grottoes - near Luoyang, 5-10th century. WIth thanks to Wikitravel China for text and where more general information can be found
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