Realising the below post could easily be taken as offensive, rather than a flippant indication of my own ignorance, I thought I should add that I am looking forward to this trip to China more than any holiday I've ever taken (a few notable exceptions, but that was about the company, not the destination). I've only been outside of Western Europe to visit America, and these days, the two are practically indistinguishable. This is the first time I've ever been somewhere properly foriegn, in the non-Daily-Mail use of the word. China is an enormous economical force at the moment, growing at a frightening rate, it has a fascinating ancient culture (from what little I know, I'm preparing to be much more fascinated next week), and doubtless has an exciting culture today, that I can't hope to experience properly in two weeks. I'm going to try though.
I take suggestions for things I should do (other than make quips about food, tea, communism, bicycles and walls) in the comments.
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This might be a good place to start. Have you tooled yourself up with a guide book or two?
Other than that I'd suggest avoid the (probably relatively few) tourist eateries and go native remembering to bring back a good decription of how proper Chinese food differs to the bastardised Western version. A recipe or two perhaps?
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