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China’s tourism revenues rose 22.9 percent to 646.8 billion yuan (102.67 billion U.S. dollars) during the first quarter of 2012, a senior official said Friday. Domestic tourists made 875 million trips from January to March, up 15.1 percent year-on-year, Shao Qiwei, head of the National Tourism Administration (NTA), said in a statement posted on the NTA’s website. More >

Air France is the first airline to link Europe with Wuhan, operating three times a week from its international base at Paris-Charles de Gaulle. With seven daily flights to Paris from London-Heathrow and regular connections from 10 UK regional airports, Air France also gives UK travellers easy access to its expanding network to the world’s second-largest economic region. More >

March 17 was a balmy spring day and as I approached Schola Nova, nothing had prepared me for the sight that welcomed me: a profusion of colour, aroma, of assorted food and lively music. I held my breath and looked around. On one side were the ethnic Pakistani stalls and on the other, in bold red, a promise of Pak-China friendship. I didn’t know which way to go first but then patriotism drove me to the local stalls. More >