I am traveling to china and am interested in the most popular 10 day
Itinerary.  Also would you please proved the 10 most popular sites to
see.  Please site refeence.
thanks

Hello pwd_trawler-ga:

It is a pleasure to answer your interesting question. As a travel
consultant, I have advised many of my fellow travelers on their visit
to China. I will take this as an opportunity to suggest a perfect 10
day intermarry to China with the top ten places to see. I will try to
be concise and as clear as possible so that the relevant material is
not confusing.

Allow me to present three different 10 day intermarries so that you
may choose the one according to your taste.

Please refer to this map for an overview of the travel routes.
http://www.tdctrade.com/main/chinamap.htm

Once you get yourself acquaint with the map, please visit the
wonderful website of China National Tourist Office at
http://www.cnto.org/aboutchina.asp and click on the individual cities
that I will mention from the right hand side menu where it states
?city attractions?. Once you are on the city page, scroll down where
it says ?featured attractions? to read about the most famous
attraction. Also notice that beneath every featured attraction there
are smaller pictures of other tourist spots in that area. Click on
those smaller picture icons to get more information on other spots in
and around that city.

ITERNARY 1

Shanghai (1 or 2 days) >>>> Nanjing (2 days) >>>> Beijing (3 days)
>>>> Mountain Resort at Chengde (2 days)
* 1 or 2 at your leisure.

ITERNARY 2

Beijing (3 days) >>>> Xian (2 days) >>>> Yangtze River Cruise (3 or 4 days)
* 1 day at your leisure.

ITERNARY 3

Beijing (3 days) >>>> Mountain Resort at Chengde (2 days) >>>> Nanjing
(2 days) >>>> Xian (2 days)
* 1 day at your leisure.

Yangtze Cruise is not expensive. To check the schedule and prices,
please visit these websites:

China Highlights
http://chinahighlights.com/yangtzecruise/index.html

Yangtze Cruises
http://www.yangtzecruises.com/schedules/schedules.html

Ports of call on Yangtze River 
http://www.yangtzerivertour.com/amaze_yangtze/attraction/city/index.htm
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China Domestic Air Travel (Following is an excerpt form the pages of
budget travel. It is taken from this page
http://www.budgettravel.com/china.htm.)

IMPORTANT! Following is an excerpt from the pages of budget travel.

Airlines of China: 

-- http://www.cbw.com/tourism/airline/repre-c.htm - Air China - China
Eastern Airlines - China Northern Airlines - China Northwest Airlines
- China Southern Airlines(Group) - China Southwest Airlines - Xinjiang
Airlines - Yunnan Airlines -
--http://www.welleslian.com/dragontour/transport/chinair.html - China Airlines: 
-- Air China - http://www.airchina.com.cn - 
-- Air Macau - http://www.airmacau.com.mo/index.htm - 
-- China Airlines - http://www.china-airlines.com/ - Timetable - USA
Travel Tips - Information - Flight Query - News - Feedback - Online
Reservation - Mandarin Airlines
-- China Southern Airlines 
----- http://www.chinasouthernair.com/ - What's New - About The
Company - Flight & Fare Information Center -
----- http://www.malaysia-web.com/csn/csn.htm - flight schedules at
bottom of web page.
----- http://www.hpis.com/newcsn/ - schedules - fares - 
----- http://www.cs-air.com/en/ - 
-- China Southwest Airlines: 
----- http://www.cswa.com - 
----- http://www.cbw.com/tourism/airline/repre-c.htm#southwest - 
-- China Eastern Airlines: 
----- http://www.cea.online.sh.cn/ - 
----- http://www.ce-air.com/EINDEX.html - 
-- Hainan Airlines - http://www.hainanair.com/ - Mostly Domestic
Flights - About - Route Network - Flight Schedule - Services -
Projects
-- Mandarin Airlines - http://www.mandarin-airlines.com/index.htm -
About Us - Dynasty - Travel - Schedule - Business -
-- Shanghai Airlines - SF - http://www.shanghai-air.com/ - 
-- China Yunnan Airlines: 
----- Arrivals to Singapore -
http://flightinfo.asia1.com.sg/cgi-bin/air/print.pl?20arvflight -
----- Timetable - http://www.sinohost.com/yunnan_travel/travel_info/airline.html - 
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China Train Tickets

http://www.china-train-ticket.com/

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Here are the top ten places to visit in China:

1. The Great Wall of China
2. Army of Terracotta Warriors
3. Tiananmen Square
4. Forbidden City
5. Yangtze River Cruise (Three Gorges)
6. The Silk Road
7. Polata Palace (Tibet)
8. Xingjiang (Autonomous Region)
9. Macau (Special Administrative Region) 
10. The Mountain Resort

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Useful Keywords:

< ?China tourism? >
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=china+tourism&btnG=Search

Please clarify, if you are not satisfied. I will be obliged to answer
any of your questions.

Sincerely,
Leader-ga

fine job- it was helpful in narrowing down the list of places to go in
such a large country.  Thanks for your time and effort