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Whenever I go to Beijing for tourism I stay at the Jade Garden Hotel. It is reasonably priced, clean, and a short walk from the Forbidden City. At night up the street is a night market that stretches for about 100 yards with sidewalk food stalls selling everything you can imagine that is a lot of fun. As someone mentioned on an earlier post I think the Mutianyu part of the Great Wall is the best. I also always like to go to the Dirt Market which is a vast, outside, (but roofed) flea market.
In Shanghai if you want to experience a small scale water village you can go to Qibao Old Street in the Minhang district. The urban planning museum next to people's square has a huge diaorama of the city that is cool. Also surprisingly good is the Shanghai auto museum. They have a great collection and it is always pretty empty.
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