| China is not merely a haven but a heaven for | | | | earth.The beautiful women became more beautiful |
| tourists. It abounds in beauty and beauties, both | | | | as they adorned themselves in the striking Qi |
| natural and artificial. When God was creating the | | | | Pao's (for more on Qi Pao's read 'Fashion In China |
| earth, he seemed to be in his best and most | | | | - Of Qi Pao's and Cow's Breasts') and the men |
| giving mood as his hands moulded China. He | | | | grew stronger as they worked hard on their fields |
| poured his love into the land, filling it with natural | | | | and enterprises.Tourists to China can only wonder |
| beauty - breathtakingly eye-catching mountains in | | | | in amazement at the unique beauty that is China |
| Guangxi Zhuang, the gentle Yangtze that | | | | and its people, a beauty made more beautiful by |
| meanders across large parts of the country, | | | | the people's gentleness, diligence and hard work. |
| bestowing its benevolence on the land; the vast | | | | And, while they revel in China's natural and artificial |
| deserts in Xinjiang and wild steppes in the north. | | | | splendours, they can travel cheap by rail, road or |
| Across the country beauty imbues the land with | | | | air and stay in well-equipped hotels for as little as |
| ethereal charm.What God did well, man tried to | | | | a hundred to two hundred kuai a night (twelve to |
| better. The beautiful landscape was peppered with | | | | twenty-five US dollars). Of course, there are |
| even more beautiful buildings and architectural | | | | more expensive places to stay as well and |
| splendour. Smaller rivers and rivulets were linked | | | | travellers with moolah in their pockets can enjoy |
| by ornate arched stone masonry bridges. | | | | a more luxurious time there (for more tips on |
| Mountains and hills were studded with pavilions and | | | | budget hotels etc look out for my future |
| other stylistic monuments. And across the vast | | | | articles).I have heard many Chinese say, 'if there |
| plains man built a giant wall like a huge | | | | is a heaven on earth it is in Hangzhou and Suzhou,' |
| necklace.God paid attention not only to the land | | | | (two cities in the eastern province of Zhejiang) |
| but also the people he intended to house there. | | | | but if one were to ask me where on earth is |
| He gave the women beautiful features and men | | | | there a heaven, I would say, 'if there is heaven |
| strong bodies. Chinese women, with their gentle | | | | on earth, it is China'.Rajesh Kanoi (Jack) is a |
| eyes, petite nostrils, slender necks, slim figures | | | | published writer, now living and working in China. |
| and creamy skin look like angels about to | | | | Many of his short-stories, poems and articles have |
| pirouette. Chinese men, with their strong shoulders | | | | been published, including a book of short-stories, |
| and backs and stout muscular legs look like they | | | | 'From China With Love' (Lipstick Publishing). |
| can lift the burden of both home and the | | | | |