I have been to China many times. I lived in Hong Kong twice, I lived in Shanghai briefly, and I have taken all of those opportunities to wander around China while I was there. Even so, it’s an insanely huge country with an incredibly rich and diverse geography and local cultures. The more I travel in China, the more I realize how much I don’t know.

In the interest of not provoking political arguments, I’m including all of China’s main disputed areas in this list.

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(map generated at: https://www.mapchart.net/china.html)

Provinces, Municipalities, and Autonomous Regions Lived/Stayed       Passed Through       Not Yet
Anhui	Beijing	Chongqing	Fujian	Gansu
Guangdong	Guangxi	Guizhou	Hainan	Hebei
Heilongjiang	Henan	Hubei	Hunan	Inner Mongolia
Jiangsu	Jiangxi	Jilin	Liaoning	Ningxia
Qinghai	Shaanxi	Shandong	Shanghai	Shanxi
Sichuan	Tianjin	Tibet	Xinjiang	Yunnan
Zhejiang
And the others
Hong Kong	Macau	Taiwan

Because it’s such a geographically large country, there are just so many places that I haven’t had the time or money to visit yet. Here are ten of them, in no particular order other than how I thought them up.

1. Visit Lhasa in Tibet

I had been trying to add Tibet into my trip during the one month that I backpacked through China and Russia, but it didn’t seem like it was going to fit financially or time-wise. Until I arrived in Chengdu and realized that I’d looked into the travel arrangements all wrong.

Well, it didn’t happen that time around, but it really only made me want to visit even more.

I think for this trip I’d like to a 5-7 day guided tour. Lhasa is the place that I want to visit the most, but I would also like to get out of the city and see some of the beautiful countryside and take a peek at Mt Everest.