Quirky Guide

What to do with a huge Olympic stadium once the games are over is always a problem. In Beijing, they decided to fill it with 80 tons of chocolate.

Meet the Shanghai creative complex with a gruesome past.

Who wants to be surrounded by tourists on a rebuilt replica of the Great Wall when you can see the real thing in someone’s backyard?

Just when you thought you’d never hear the screech of ‘Basil!’ again, China hits you with its own take on Fawlty Towers Hotel.

Tired of never being able to find fresh goat meat at the local farmers market? Then head to the Mal Bazaar, the livestock market in Silk Road town, Kashgar.

Usually when “World” is attached to a prefix, we think of magical places where rollercoasters and popcorn abound. Not so in Shanghai.