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    <title><![CDATA[If You Lose Your Passport In China]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ordering Food in China Without Speaking Chinese]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Beijing: How To Arrive, Where To Sleep, And How Many Days It Deserves]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Arrive at the right airport, sleep inside the Second Ring Road, and give the Wall its own day.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Shanghai In Three Days: Arriving, Sleeping Right, And Spending Well]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Stay on the Puxi side, ride the metro not the maglev, and treat Pudong as a visit rather than a base.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Xi’an: The Wall, The Warriors, And How Many Days It Takes]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Warriors before 09:00, the wall at sunset, three days covers it comfortably.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chengdu: Pandas, Hotpot, And The Gateway To Western Sichuan]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Pandas by 08:00, hotpot after dark, and two days minimum before you head west.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Guilin And Yangshuo: The Karst Landscape, Planned Properly]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sleep in Yangshuo, cruise downstream to it, and give the rice terraces a night.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hangzhou: West Lake, Tea Hills, And The Easiest Day Trip From Shanghai]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Free lake, paid boats, tea hills in the afternoon; two days, or one very good one.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zhangjiajie: Ticket Prices, Cable Cars And How Many Days It Takes]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sleep in Wulingyuan, buy the four-day park ticket, and start before the tour groups.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Harbin In Winter: Ice Festival Prices And How To Stay Warm]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Two nights, three if you ski. Everything else is a matter of layers.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dunhuang: The Mogao Caves, The Dunes, And When To Book]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Book the caves first, then build the rest of the trip around the morning you get.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pingyao: A Walled Ming City You Can Sleep Inside]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Stay inside the walls, buy the through-ticket once, and walk the full circuit at dusk.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chongqing: A City With No Flat Ground]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Go for the nights: Hongya Cave, the cableway and a hotpot at midnight.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Luoyang: Longmen Grottoes And The Peony Two Weeks]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[One and a half days, or two if you come for the peonies in late April.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lijiang: Altitude, Snow Mountain And Canal Streets]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sleep in Shuhe rather than the main old town, and give the altitude a day.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Suzhou: The Gardens, The Canals And Two Days That Work]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Three gardens, one museum, and the lanes between them on foot.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Paying In China: What Actually Works At The Counter]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Alipay and WeChat Pay with a foreign card, plus the handful of places where you’ll still need cash.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The 240-Hour Visa-Free Transit Rule, Explained Plainly]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ten days, no visa — but only if you arrive from one country and leave for a third.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Getting Online In China: SIM, eSIM, And Which One To Choose]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A local SIM is cheapest; a travel eSIM is fastest to set up. Bring your passport either way.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Plug Types In China: The One Thing Every Visitor Gets Slightly Wrong]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Most laptops charge fine. It is the voltage that kills things, not the plug shape.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[First Time In China: What Surprises Almost Everybody]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Everything that feels like a barrier turns out to be a five-minute problem, once you know it is coming.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Getting Around Chinese Cities: Metro, Taxi, And When To Stop Walking]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Learn the first ride properly and the other twenty take care of themselves.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Great Wall: Badaling, Mutianyu Or Jinshanling?]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Badaling for ease, Mutianyu for most people, Jinshanling for anyone who has already done the wall once.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Eating In China When You Read Nothing On The Menu]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Point at what the next table is eating. It works better than any app.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Booking Train Tickets In China: The App, The Window, And The ID Rule]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Buy it the moment your plans are firm. Popular services really do sell out.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[3 Days in Beijing: The Order That Saves You Half A Day]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[One day on the central axis, one on the Wall, one in the south. No backtracking.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2 Days in Shanghai: Old City West, Skyline East]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Fight the temptation to cross the river twice. Puxi in one piece, Pudong in another.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2 Days in Xi’an: The Buried Army East, The Walls In Town]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sights east on day one, everything within the walls on day two.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[3 Days in Chengdu: Pandas At Dawn, Teahouses After]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Pandas at 07:30, teahouse at noon, a mountain on the third day.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2 Days in Hangzhou: The Lake On Foot, The Temple At Dawn]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Circle the lake on day one, climb into the tea hills on day two.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2 Days in Suzhou: Three Gardens, One Canal Street]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Two gardens before nine, a third after dark, and the canal streets in between.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[3 Days in Guilin And Yangshuo: River Down, Villages Back]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Boat one way, bicycle the rest, and sleep in the countryside on the last night.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2 Days in Chongqing: Everything Worth Seeing Is After Dark]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sleep late, walk the old town in daylight, and keep the evenings for the river.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[5 Days In Beijing: Beyond The Imperial Centre]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Five days means you can group the north of the city on separate days and stop commuting.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[4 Days In Xi’an: Terracotta Army Plus The Things People Skip]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Warriors deserve a morning, not a day — which is why the rest fits in four.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Beijing To Shanghai: High-Speed Rail Vs Flying, With Real Numbers]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Take the train unless your onward flight leaves from Pudong.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Beijing To Xi’an: 4h30 By Train, And The Station Trap]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Book to Xi’an North, then ride metro line 2 straight into the walled city.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Shanghai To Hangzhou: A Day Trip That Genuinely Works]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Take an 08:00 train from Hongqiao, and book the return while you are still at breakfast.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Shanghai To Suzhou: 25 Minutes, Two Stations, One Wrong Choice]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Book to Suzhou station, not Suzhou North, and start with the Humble Administrator’s Garden.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chengdu To Chongqing: Two Cities, Ninety Minutes, Two Kinds Of Day]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Ninety minutes apart, and completely different cities. Do them in that order.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Xi’an To Chengdu: Three Hours Through The Qinling Mountains]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Three hours, ¥263.50, and the best mountain scenery of any Chinese high-speed route.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Guilin To Yangshuo: River, Rail Or Road]]></title>
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