A China lantern festival guide has to start with a small correction: the lantern festival most visitors imagine — the giant glowing installations — is partly modern spectacle and partly…
A China winter sports guide is overdue, because the country’s cold months are far better traveled than most visitors assume. After hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics, China poured money into…
For most visitors, a China panda tour is the wildlife experience they remember longest. The giant panda exists almost nowhere else on earth, and seeing one at close range —…
A good China overnight train guide starts with the obvious advantage: you board in the evening, sleep through the dark hours, and step off in a new city with a…
The first thing a useful Great Wall of China guide has to clear up is that there is no single wall you simply arrive at. The structure runs for more…
Four days is not enough to “do China,” and anyone who promises otherwise is selling something. But it is enough to fall for one city, eat well, and leave with…
Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou, a province most foreign travelers have never considered, and that is the mistake. Guizhou cooking is one of the most distinct in China —…
Meizhou calls itself the capital of the Hakka people, and if you eat your way across the city, you will understand why that title matters. The Hakka — literally “guest…
Most foreign visitors fly past Hefei. It is the capital of Anhui, a provincial city that rarely makes a tourist shortlist, which is exactly why the food scene here is…
Lijiang sits at a strange crossroads. It is one of the most visited towns in Yunnan, and yet the moment you step into the warren of cobbled lanes in the…