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I went over there with a group in 2007, while China was preparing to host The Olympics, may have been with Globus as I like them. We took about five flights in all and saw a lot. The big problem was the food. We ate where tour groups ate at round tables for eight with a lazy Susan center. The food contained little meat protein and eggplant was served breakfast, lunch and dinner as it was I think October. The air was heavy with green smog in Beijing and smelled of burning cornstalks. I lost a lot of weight! We enjoyed one great meal at the Peking duck restaurant. The "Great Wall" wine was about $3 a bottle at that restaurant. lol

One tour member got extremely sick on the bus to the airport for our flight departing China. They put her on the flight anyway after she was seen by a Chinese doctor at the airport. She got home all right but....

A friend of mind went on a more expensive tour which provided more exotic and better food. This did not matter to him as he is a meat and potatoes man. He told me he lived on rice and watermelon.