China

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  ~China Medical University Former Site (中国医科大学旧址 柳树店村 延安)~

Now a small and rural area, the town of Liushudian was once home to China's biggest medical university and hospital, founded in 1931 as 'Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army Medical School' and renamed by Mao Zedong in 1940 to 'China Medical University'. Many western communist doctors such as Norman Bethune helped run the hospital, now memorialized in one of the former hospital wards in the form of an exhibition labeled "foreign friends". The caretaker, Mr. Bao, provides tours along with his trusty sidekick, a small poodle.

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  ~Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum (上海犹太难民纪念馆)~

During World War II, Jewish refugees found a safe haven in Shanghai, where residents opened up their city to them. Now there is a museum dedicated to the 13,000-20,000 Jews who lived in the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees (shanghai Ghetto) during the Japanese occupation, and the Shanghai residents who helped them. The museum contains documents, photographs, films, and personal belongings. Nearby is the Ohel Moshe Synagogue, one of the two synagogues (out of six) remaining in Shanghai- it has an active congregation on the downstairs floor and an exhibition space on the second level.

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  ~Shaanxi Qianling Museum (陕西乾陵博物馆)~

The Qianling mausoleum is most well-known for being the resting place of Empress Wu Zetian, China's only official female ruler, and her husband Emperor Gaozong. Although the mountain on which its built- Mountain Liang- has been heavily damaged due to bombing, the tomb remains one of the best preserved imperial mausoleums in China. The site is divided into two areas, the inner and outer cities. Stone lions, now-beheaded human statues, and the famous 'Wordless Tablet' are highlights.

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  ~798 Art Zone/Dashanzi Art District (798艺术区)~

The 798 Art Zone (also known as the Dashanzi Art District) was originally a Bauhaus-style military complex of factory buildings, birthed by collaboration between the USSR, East Germany, and People's Republic of China in the 1950s, where it was a prized example of industrialization. After the 798 Factory was abandoned in the 1990s by workers and soldiers, the area morphed into one of the world's hotbeds for contemporary art, often showcasing political irony. The artist run neighborhood, now quite cosmopolitan, was almost shuttered in 2003 but persevered and remains today.