North China GuideWe treat two adjacent areas together as the Northern Central Region of China. One is the historical heartland of the country, along the Yellow River where the Chinese Empire first developed; the other is the more wild and arid territory of Inner Mongolia to the North and West. HotelsFind hotels in Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Jinan, Jinzhong and more. BeijingBeijing is the capital of the most populous country in the world, the People's Republic of China, and also its second largest city after Shanghai. TianjinTianjin is a municipality in China. Tianjin is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. QingdaoQingdao, is regarded by some Chinese as one of the most beautiful and clean cities in China. ShandongShandong is a province in China. The name means east of the mountains. Shandong is a coastal province situated by the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south. ShanxiShanxi is a province in Northern Central Region of China. Shanxi Province, whose name means land west of Taihang Mountain, lies in the middle reaches of the Yellow River and on the eastern edge of the Loess Plateau. HenanHenan, Yu for short, is a province located in the Northern Central Region of China. HebeiHebei is a province in China. Inner MongoliaInner Mongolia is a Mongol Autonomous Region in northern China, where as Outer Mongolia is a separate country to the north of China.