"We have tours to China's glamorous cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong; we've got tours built around cultural heritages sites, Yangtze River tour, food tours, shopping tours... There is something for everyone in China," Nancy Lemus of Super Value Tours told Xinhua.

For Wu, these tour operators are spot on: "For China and U.S. peoples to truly understand each other, it is absolutely essential that we visit each other's country in person. Then we can truly appreciate and love each other's culture."