China


Today, we can go from Paris to Beijing in 10 hours by plane. If China seems less and less distant, its power of attraction and mystery remain. Since economic liberalization began in 1992, that became the finally available to travelers and backpackers. To go to China, a simple visa enough. No license is no longer necessary to travel in many provinces.
Upon arrival in China, it's a shock. Getting lost in the compact Chinese crowd, watching faces so different, learn a few words of that beautiful language, smell the smells and hear the sounds of the street, to taste the subtleties and the many flavors of the kitchen, really, it is indeed although in another universe.
The trip to China often begins with a visit to Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong. You have to walk long hours in the avenues invaded by cars and bicycles to measure the speed of the changes now at work in this country. Everywhere yards cities bristling with cranes and modern towers. Yunnan Jiangsu, the wind also blows of technological progress in the countryside. This is a country of 1.36 billion people who wants to catch up, to integrate into the world economy without selling his soul to the devil.