Travel Destinations - China - Sanya

Sanya: Hainan's High Society

Hainan was once a place of exile for Chinese officials who ended up in the imperial doghouse. But as Tom Hilditch discovered, the island is back in the destination good books, and wooing the globe with its newfound confidence and 5-star style

Candace Bushnell, author of Sex and the City, is in the lobby of Sheraton Sanya Resort, wearing her best Manolo Blahniks and waiting for her limo. She is here, along with Jackie Chan, Brian Ferry and a host of other tuxedoed celebrities, to choose the 53rd Miss World beauty queen. [ read more ]