China is a cyclist’s sleeper hit. The terrain runs from flat rice-country lanes to high plateau passes, and the roads are generally well paved and surprisingly bike-friendly once you leave…
Most visitors come to China for the Wall or the pandas and leave without knowing the country has a waterway older and longer than anything in Europe. The Grand Canal,…
If you want a trip that feels like it matters, planning around UNESCO sites is a smart shortcut. China has one of the longest lists in the world, and the…
Eating in China is one of the best parts of any trip, but if you have a food allergy it is also the part that keeps you up at night….
Sanya sits at the southern tip of Hainan and is the closest thing mainland China has to a proper tropical beach escape. If you are planning a trip and typing…
Xi’an is where the Silk Road began and where the Terracotta Army sleeps underground. It is also one of the easiest Chinese cities to enjoy on foot, because the old…
Most wine travellers think of Bordeaux or Napa. Few think of the Gobi Desert edge in northern China. Yet Ningxia, a slender region along the Yellow River, has quietly become…
Ten years ago, “Chinese beer” meant one pale lager poured ice-cold from a green bottle. That picture is outdated. Today a China craft beer guide has to cover a fast-growing…
Nanjing sits on the Yangtze about three hours west of Shanghai, and it eats duck the way some cities eat beef. The locals joke that a Nanjing table sees a…
If you ask most travellers to name China’s great regional kitchens, you will hear about Sichuan, Guangdong and maybe Hunan. Jiangxi, the province tucked between them, almost never comes up….