Ever wanted to travel to China? This week we speak with Coley Dale who has been living and travelling in China for seven years.

Coley describes a China of amazing diversity, both physically and culturally. We talk about China's most well-known cities, then head west to get away from the big smoke and into the countryside.

We discuss Beijing, Shanghai, Yunnan and Xianjing as well as budgets for travel in China and visas for China travel.

Coley Dale is the Senior Manager of cTrip's English website and has offered his advice with your China travel planning. All photos are from Coley's Flickr account.

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