Originally Posted by
zehbra
If you're interested in landscapes, Guilin/Yangshuo in Southern China spring to mind, probably one of the most visited places for its landscape in China (hint: it's crowded; so try not to go on a Chinese holiday).
Otherwise, i found China's Northwest rather interesting (Qinghai lake, Dunhuang), but that might be a bit far off for a timeframe of one week.
FYI, the wife has Pinterest and apparently has "pinned" a lot of places in Guilin that she didn't realize it. Some pretty amazing pictures of that area and the Lijang river. Also Zhangjiajie and the Tianmen Mountain road area looks really amazing too. May see if we can do Taiwan, Guilin, Zhangjiajie and Hangzhuo. May have convinced my parents to go along on the trip and then they would continue on to Shanghai and Beijing.