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According to official travel data, China was the fourth most popular international travel destination in 2015, behind only France, the United States and Spain. Most people think of China and think of the Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors or maybe just pandas.

Many tourists and business travelers may leave China seeing only the inside of their hotels or a few popular museums or tourist spots, having missed the intricacies of Chinese culture that make this place so vibrant.