Hunchun Travel Guide: Jilin’s Tri-Border Town on China’s Far Northeast, China
Hunchun is the kind of place you find only by going out of your way — and that is exactly why our travelers love it. Tucked into the eastern corner…
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Tumen Travel Guide: Jilin’s Riverside Border Town Facing North Korea, China
Tumen sits at the far eastern edge of Jilin Province, where the Tumen River draws a thin line between China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We have sent…
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Yan’an Travel Guide: Shaanxi’s Revolutionary Heritage and Loess Hills, China
Perched on the Yan River where the Loess Plateau folds into deep yellow gullies, Yan’an is one of Shaanxi’s most layered destinations. For many Chinese travelers it is a pilgrimage…
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Hulunbuir Travel Guide: Inner Mongolia’s Endless Grassland and Herder Camps, China
If China’s south is about mist and rice terraces, the north is about space — and nowhere is that space more overwhelming than the Hulunbuir grassland. Named for Hulun Lake…
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Gengma Travel Guide: Yunnan’s Dai and Wa Border County, China
Tucked into the tropical southwest of Yunnan, against the Myanmar border, Gengma Yunnan is one of those counties most foreign travelers never reach — and that is precisely its charm….
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Shiqu Travel Guide: Sichuan’s High-Plateau ‘Last Secret Land’, China
If you scroll to the far northwest corner of Sichuan, past the better-known towns of Kangding and Daofu, you’ll hit Shiqu Sichuan — a county so remote that Chinese travel…
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China’s Best Coastal Road Trips: Seaside Drives from Shandong to Hainan
Most people picture China’s road trips as mountain passes and desert, but the coastline is just as compelling if you point the car east. I spent a summer chasing the…
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Hequing Travel Guide: Yunnan’s Slow-Paced Bai County, China
Most visitors to Yunnan rush the Dali–Lijiang corridor, but the Hequing travel guide you actually want is the one that tells you to stop halfway. Heqing County sits in the…
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China Family Travel with Kids Guide: Routes and Tips for All Ages, China
Our China family travel with kids guide is written for parents who worry the country is too big, too crowded, or too confusing to do with children — and then…
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China Hot Spring Resorts Guide: Soaking in Natural Mineral Pools, China
Our China hot spring resorts guide exists because the country is one of the most geothermally gifted on earth, and most foreign visitors never use it. From volcanic Yunnan to…
