China, with a population of 1.3 billion people, is the third largest country in the world. It boasts one of the longest single unified civilationstion in the world and is estimated to become the world's most popular tourist destination by 2020.
Many of its attractions are already well known, form the Great Wall and Forbidden City to the Terracotta Army and futureistic skyline of Shanghai, but beneath the surface China is a vast country waiting to be discovered.