[QUOTE=moondog
i like the summer palace though. in fact, i almost went swimming with the locals once until i witnessed an unsanitary act in the lake.[/QUOTE]

I too liked the Summer Palace , Beijing(and environs), Xian, Shanghai, Guilin(Yangshou) and HK . Would love to go back when it's not quite so hot(it was a cool 42 in Beijing, at least there wasn't any humidity like here in Japan). China has changed so much.......