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[quote=GUEST5479,563143]Dons, if you have VPN service, you should be able to use Google Translation Service. I used it before it was blocked in China. It worked fine. In Beijing, you might consider staying at Raffles Beijing Hotel, Grand Hyatt Beijing, Grand Hotel Beijing or Beijing Hotel. You can walk around 10 minutes to reach the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square. To visit the wall, you can walk to Wangfujing Subway Station, take subway line 1 to Fuxingmen and change subway line 2 to Jishuitan Station. Get out from Exit B and walk to Deshengmen. There you can take bus 877 to reach Badaling. Well, a week is enough for you to visit almost all famous attractions in Beijing. It takes around 2 hours from the hotels I mentioned above to Badaling. And it’s worth to visit Suzhou. I think you may spend around a week to visit Suzhou and Hangzhou together. I think you will visit West Lake for sure. However, you shouldn’t miss the classical gardens in Suzhou. They are definitely worth a visit. Personally, I don’t think you really need to hire a car. The public transportation is very convenient in these cities you plan to visit. If you are afraid of the crowdedness, then you might avoid the rush hours (07:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 19:00/20:00). Taxi is fine if you don’t make preparations in advance. They can take you to the tourist places as you require. You might stay at Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai. You can walk to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower quickly.[/quote]
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