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I went in March on a very tightly scheduled tour. It was for travel agents and their families and was very well run so I did not regret not having any real free time.
We started in Shangai and then went to Yaching to catch a cruise up the Yangtze before flying from Chongching to Beijing. They finished the second stage of the dam so the river trip would be a lot different now than it was before the water level rose about 60 meters in June. I thing the river trip was the highlight, but that was influenced by the knowledge that what we were seeing would soon be flooded. I think the the trip would still be worthwhile.
You can not go to Beijing and skip a trip to the wall and the Ming tombs. They are certainly worth seeing. The summer palace and the Forbidden city are also must sees. The Temple of Heaven is one of the most recognizable sites in the capital.
Shanghai was interesting. I enjoyed it. The Bund is a interesting at night.
I understand that Xian is worth a side trip. That is where the terra cotta army was burried and it was the capital during the Han Dynasty if my memory is correct.
Before you do any travel of this type you should check out updated health advice at cdc.gov.
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I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"
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