Tongren Travel Guide: Tibetan Art and Monasteries of Qinghai-Gansu Border
Tongren sits in the quiet corner where Qinghai meets Gansu, a small city that most foreign visitors have never heard of and almost none plan to see. That is exactly…
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Jiuquan Travel Guide: Gobi Oasis at the Edge of the Hexi Corridor
Most foreign travelers racing along the Silk Road skip Jiuquan entirely, treating it as a blur of Gobi desert between Lanzhou and Dunhuang. That is a mistake. Jiuquan is the…
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China River Rafting Guide: Best White-Water and Gentle Floats
Mainland China’s rivers run from gentle jade channels between rice paddies to violent gorges that have defeated armies. This China river rafting guide splits the country into the two experiences…
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China Digital Nomad Guide: Visas, SIMs and Cafes for Remote Workers
Mainland China is not the obvious digital nomad destination — the internet needs a workaround and the visa is short — but for remote workers who want a change of…
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China Slow Travel Guide: How to Travel Deeply and Stay Longer
Most first-time visitors to mainland China treat the country like a checklist: Beijing for the wall, Xi’an for the warriors, Shanghai for the skyline, then home. It works, but it…
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China LGBTQ+ Travel Guide: Safe and Friendly Tips for Visitors
Traveling as an LGBTQ visitor to mainland China is, for most people, refreshingly uncomplicated — provided you arrive with the right expectations. This China LGBTQ travel guide is not a…
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China Mid-Autumn Festival Guide: Mooncakes, Lanterns and Travel Tips
The full moon of the eighth lunar month is the brightest of the year, and across mainland China families step out of their apartments, balance a plate of mooncakes on…
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China Cherry Blossom Spots Guide: Where to See Blooms in Spring
Everyone knows Japan for sakura, but China cherry blossom spots are just as dazzling and far less crowded if you know where to look. I chased the blooms across two…
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China Travel Apps Guide: Essential Apps for Foreign Visitors in 2026
Before my first trip, a friend told me to “just use Google Maps.” I landed, opened it, and got a spinning wheel of nothing. China runs on its own app…
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China’s Most Scenic Train Routes: A Foreigner’s Rail Bucket List
I have flown into China three times and taken the train out every single return. Not because flying is hard, but because China scenic train routes turn travel time into…
