Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen Gate (Gate of Heavenly Peace) located to its North, separating it from the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the third largest city square in the world (440,000 m² - 880m by 500m or 109 acres - 960 by 550 yd). It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history.
Outside China, the square is best known in recent memory as the focal point of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, a pro-democracy movement which ended on 4 June 1989 with the declaration of martial law in Beijing by the government and the death of several hundred or possibly thousands of civilians.^{[1][2]  See attached protest video}

The Great Wall of China

Published on Jan 28, 2013

The Great Wall of China (National Geographic Doccumentary), is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC; these, later joined together and made bigger, stronger, and unified are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built between 220--206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty.

Other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road, regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watch towers, troop barracks, garrison stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire, and the fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor.

The Great Wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east, to Lop Lake in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. A comprehensive archaeological survey, using advanced technologies, has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8,850 km (5,500 mi). This is made up of 6,259 km (3,889 mi) sections of actual wall, 359 km (223 mi) of trenches and 2,232 km (1,387 mi) of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers. Another archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its branches measure out to be 21,196 km (13,171 mi).

Lantau Island

Hong Kong's largest island, Lantau, is home to some of the region's best and remotest beaches, wilderness trails, monasteries and monuments as well as some of the territory's most popular attractions.

These include the giant Tian Tan Buddha (Giant Buddha), which is easily reached via a dramatic 25-minute cable car ride from Tung Chung Town near the airport. This same stunning cable car ride will bring you to Ngong Ping Village, a culturally themed village high atop the Nong Ping plateau where you'll find an array of attractions as well as some great shopping and dining options.

The island also boasts Hong Kong Disneyland that invites families to embark on a magical journey in four themed lands and which includes two themed hotels. Not far away is AsiaWorld-Expo, one of Hong Kong's biggest entertainment venues which also offers 70,000 square metres of state-of-the --art rental space for exhibitions, conventions and meetings. Finally, at Sky City located at the Hong Kong International Airport's Terminal 2, visitors can choose from 100 retail and catering outlets.

Big Bus Tour

Hong Kong's "Big Bus Tour" is the ideal way to get an overview of what things there are to see and do in Hong kong

Metropark Hotel Kowloon

The Metropark Hotel Kowloon is located in Kowloon, near Tsimshatsui, so guests will find shopping and dining just minutes away. Also nearby to this Hong Kong accommodation is the Mongkok shopping district, where guests will find various shopping establishments and entertainment venues. The hotel offers many amenities, including an array of restaurants, a bar, meeting rooms, a hotel safe, a currency exchange counter, a florist, a fitness center, a swimming pool and a cake shop. The hotel also offers room and laundry service. The Metropark Hotel Kowloon provides a complimentary shuttle to a mass transit terminal, the Tsimshatsui shopping district and the Hong Kong International Airport. Guests will enjoy many amenities in the rooms of the Metropark Hotel Kowloon, including minibars, tea/coffee makers, satellite television with pay-per-view movies, direct-dial telephones, and refrigerators. The hotel offers executive suites, which include flat screen televisions with VCRs, a Jacuzzi, and a parlor. The Metropark Hotel Kowloon offers guests a variety of dining choices on-site and is within walking distance of two of the city's major shopping districts.