China's New Travelers Aren't Far From Home – China News

www.nytimes.com — By noon, the tour buses that ply the length of this U-shaped limestone valley are packed tight. Elbows are up. People are pushing. “Are you going to walk?” someone hollers. “Don’t bump!” comes the reply. It’s a common scene in any major Chinese city, but here in northern Sichuan Province, 10 hours by bus from Chengdu, the crowds are surrounded by karst peaks and turquoise pools, not high-rise buildings and freeways.

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