How much do you know about China? In North America, most people's only contact with Chinese culture is going out for dinner at highly Westernized Chinese food restaurants and looking at the labels on the products they buy, which frequently say "made in China"” But did you that China has one of the oldest civilizations in the world? That some of its ports move more material in a day than exists in most American towns? Or that there are nearly as many people living in the city of Beijing as there are on the entire continent of Australia? If you've ever wanted to know more about China: its culture, its ports, and its attractions, than this website is for you.

Though many places in Asia, such as India, Burma, Vietnam, and the Philippines, were quickly taken over by Europeans during their age of empire building, no Western powers were able to make so much as a dent in the mountain that was China. Already a very powerful nation, Chinese rulers refused to even trade with Westerners until Marco Polo's travels in the 13th Century opened up overland trade routes which became known as the Silk Road. Since that time, Western nations have always had a thriving trade with China.