The final contestants and their original tribes, Fei Long (飛龍) and Zhan Hu (戰虎), meaning Flying Dragon and Fighting Tiger respectively, were officially announced on August 20, 2007.

[2][3] The merged tribe was Hae Da Fung (黑打風), which means Black Fighting Wind, a name proposed by Peih-Gee Law.

[5] Among the many aspects of Chinese culture and history included this season were a Buddhist ceremony and a 100-foot (30 m) tall replica of a historic temple used for Tribal Council.

During the reunion, James Clement was awarded a $100,000 prize as the most popular player in Survivor: China, beating fellow favorites Denise Martin and Peih-Gee Law.

The translation for Fei Long (飞龙) and Zhan Hu (战虎) mean Flying Dragon and Fighting Tiger respectively.

The name of the merge tribe created by Peih-Gee Law, Hae Da Fung (黑打風), translates to Black Fighting Wind.

Among the 16 contestants who competed in this season were poker player Jean-Robert Bellande and 2005 WWE Raw Diva Search winner Ashley Massaro.

The castaways began in downtown Shanghai and traveled by train and truck to a Buddhist Temple where they participated in a welcoming ceremony.

At Tribal Council, several contestants were up for elimination; Peih-Gee's bossy attitude, Ashley appeared to be a weak link after getting sick with diarrhea, and Chicken was seen as not fitting in.

At Fei Long, Amanda and Todd formed an alliance and pulled in Aaron to be "someone strong to call the shots" to deflect any anger about their plotting during the game.

In the first round, Amanda, Denise and Aaron of Fei Long raced out into the mud to battle Jaime, Sherea and Erik of Zhan Hu.

Jean-Robert dragged Ashley along behind him and took out Frosti, leaving James free and clear to score the winning point for Fei Long.

In a split-second decision, Frosti switched positions with Dave in order to catch up for the lost time and finally broke through the second gate.

Unfortunately, for the male Fei Long members, the women failed to win leaving the score 3-2 with Zhan Hu achieving victory.

Leslie gave the sealed clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol at Zhan Hu to Jaime, repaying the favor from the prior episode.

At the immunity challenge, Zhan Hu got an early lead as Jamie, Peih-Gee, Frosti, and Erik tackled the post chopping with ease.

Sherea overheard Erik, Frosti, Jaime and Peih-Gee discussing her lack of work and realized that she was in danger of being voted out.

The tribal switch caused a lot of plotting of potential future moves by the castaways: Jean-Robert trying to regain the trust of his tribe; Frosti looking for new alliances, and Peih-Gee and Jaime contemplating throwing the next two Immunity Challenges in order to eliminate Aaron and James thus potentially balancing the number of original tribe members should a merge happen with ten players remaining.

Back at camp, Erik was surprised to learn that the girls purposely threw the challenge and felt compelled to go along with their plan to stay in the game.

Back at camp, Peih-Gee, Jaime and Erik grew concern about their old tribemates and agreed that they needed to win the next Immunity Challenge.

They attempted to retrieve it discreetly by pretending their main objective was dismantling the paifang, but were forced to reveal the idol to Frosti after he innocently came over to help them.

James retrieved the Hidden Immunity Idol from the Zhan Hu paifang after Peih-Gee left to join Jaime and Erik at the river.

After the vote, Jeff told the remaining contestants that they are not going directly back to camp and that they had to stay at Tribal Council to attend to some additional business.

While at the temple, Denise surprised Peih-Gee and Erik by revealing that she has been a student of karate for eight years, nearly reaching the rank of black belt.

Erik won the Immunity Challenge with a score of 3 points to Amanda's 2 and Courtney and James missing the target in the final round.

At Tribal Council, Amanda and Denise decided to keep their allegiance with Todd; and Peih-Gee, the last original Zhan Hu member, was voted out.

Survivor: China received positive reviews, and is a favorite among the fan-base due to the level of gameplay and entertaining cast of characters.

[16] At the reunion show, Denise Martin claimed that she lost her job as a lunch lady after returning home from filming.

According to Douglas Public School District Superintendent Nancy T. Lane, Denise asked for and received a promotion to the higher-paying, full-time custodian position before filming began for Survivor.

[17] On the December 19, 2007, broadcast of The Early Show, Denise apologized, stating that it was "not [her] intention to be misleading" and asked that the $50,000 be donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.