Everyone who marveled at US swimmer Michael Phelps snatching eight gold medals in the National Aquatics Center, or Water Cube, during the Olympic Games will soon get a chance to "compete" at the iconic venue.

While China isn't widely known for its beautiful beaches, a growing number of travelers are making tracks in the sand for the shores of Hainan.

Olympic marathoners, admired for their stamina, run for more than two hours. Yet the process of preparing Beijing to host the 2008 Olympics was itself a feat of outstanding endurance.

The Lao She Teahouse is named after a late Chinese playwright, who penned the famous drama Teahouse.

As a seasoned Beijing shopper, the influx of tourists to our fair capital has me thinking. While tourists are bound to have a blast shopping, there's simply too much to buy in China.