<p>Beijing is the heart of "official" China, Xian is the historical center of China's imperial past, but Guilin offers a taste of Chinese rural life as well as some of the most scenic vistas in the ...

The verdant and effortlessly splayed karst mountains of Guilin unfurled before me as I pulled open the hotel room draperies in a performance that was pure Panavision. The hills, which have inspired ...