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As far as most people are concerned, Xinji is halfway to nowhere--that is, if they've even heard of the place. It's a landlocked former county seat in Hebei province, the heart of China's grain belt, some 250 kilometers southwest of Beijing. The guidebooks barely mention its existence. Why would they? There's nothing here for sightseers. The land is flat; what passes for scenery is just corn and concrete roads, and hardly any buildings have survived from before the communist revolution. The place is especially worth avoiding in hot weather, when the aroma of freshly tanned hides wafts through the air.
Still, watch what you say about the place in front of Xie ...