There's more to Beijing than meets the eye at street-level. Under bustling sidewalks is a subterranean city with its own classrooms, movie theater and restaurants. See more »

China, or the People's Republic of China, a country in eastern Asia. It is sometimes called Communist China or Mainland China to distinguish it from the Republic of China, or Nationalist China, situated on the offshore island of Taiwan. See more »

Beijing, or Peking, China, the nation's capital and second largest city. It lies on the edge of the North China Plain in the northeastern part of the country, about 90 miles (145 km) inland from the Bo Hai, an arm of the Yellow Sea. See more »

Shanghai, China, the nation's largest city and principal seaport, and one of the most populous cities in the world. See more »

Manchuria, the northeastern part of China, known to the Chinese as Dongbei (“the Northeast”). See more »

Tibet, (Chinese: Xizang), a geographical and political region of southwestern China. See more »

Anshan, China, a city in Liaoning province, about 360 miles (580 km) northeast of Beijing. See more »

Changchun, China, the capital of Jilin province in Manchuria. It lies on the fertile Manchurian Plain in northeastern China. See more »

Chengdu, or Chengtu, China, one of the nation's largest cities and the capital of Sichuan province. See more »

Chongqing, or Ch'ung-ch'ing, both Chungking, China. It is one of China's major cities and an independent municipality, or shih, under the central government. See more »