Shenyang, China Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Shenyang, one of China's largest cities with a sprawling populace of almost 7 million, reigns as the capital of the Liaoning province. Located about 100 miles inland from the Bohai Sea in China's northeast corner, it is best known as an industrial behemoth. Zinc, copper and lead smelting plants combine with heavy machinery, textile, medicine, chemical, transformer, and tractor manufacturing plants to mold the kind of powerful economic muscle that is emblematic of modern China. Compared to its industrial status, tourism plays second fiddle. Especially when compared to nearby Dalian and Qingdao, … more »