I'm traveling to China. Can anyone recommend a tour company for younger crowd (late 20s to 30s)?

I'm planning to hit the big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, and I'll be traveling for at least 3 weeks.

I just organised a trip for 12 of my teaching buddies for a month trip in china...they went to kunming then from kunming they went to xi'an- terrocotta warriors/ sichuan/ 2 days at nanjing/ 3 days at suzhou- garden capital of china/ then shanghai and beijing..a sto over at HK

it was a jam packed trip..we ended up hacking off suzhou because they want to stay longer at shanghai and beijing..

OK...tour companies for younger crowds....hmmm....I'm no longer in that age group, and even at my age, I would never consider joining a tour...If you obviously are in this age group, my advice: just get the Lonely Planet China guide and phrase book, buy your ticket, and dive into the country....

it all depends on your budget.. I work in travel and I myself has travel through china with Geckos Adventures.. awesome company, really cheap and alot of 20 to 30 year olds (2 to 3 star hotels).. there is also intrepid and peregrine which are more your 3 to 4 star hotels..All offering a wide range of tours

I konw a good website
http://www.foreignercn.com/
it recommends many travel destionations everyday
u could find some guide at its forum
http://www.foreignercn.com/bbs/
(finding friends & Travel in China)

Try China Panorama.

When I went to China on a tour I picked Ritz Tours.I recommend Ritz Tours or Grand Holidays.

First of all you are going to get ripped off if you go with one of those groups, but that may not be something you can avoid.

Second, you're crazy. You have no idea what China is like do you? Social problems in China are really bad now and foreigners are getting attacked and robbed around every corner. The only reason you don't hear about them is because the government has a tight lock down on communications and they like to take those incidents and.....sweep them under ther red carpet if you will.......95% of crimes against foreigners go undocumented.

I will say that China is much better in terms of serious crime like rape and murder, but smaller petty crimes like scams, robbery, physical attacks are astronomically worse. If you don't look or sound Chinese they will latch on to you like leaches until your walet is empty. Other poor coutries also have their share of scam but what makes China unique is how AGRESSIVE the locals are. They won't take no for an answer, and when it comes down to it even 80 year old ladies will resort to force in the end.

One of my friends took a brick in the head from an old lady on the "Bund" in Shanghai (very popular and open tourist street) simply because he said no when she asked him for money.

Do what you want, but I just want you to be informed about the dark side of China. Things aren't what they use to be.