Herbal Remedies

In 1994, Professor Yuan Hao, from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine...

As the Crow Flies

Along Beijing’s major thoroughfares such as Chang’an and Qianmen, it’s not uncommon to spot flocks of crows in the early evening...

China with a small “c”

"China – the name of a country – is also the common-usage term for porcelain. By studying items in the hands of Western collectors, as well as that salvaged from shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea...

A Jack of All Trades

It was a frigid night on March 17, although spring had ostensibly arrived in Beijing. Despite the chill, the Tiny Salt pub in the Central Business District was busy, humming to the noise of chatter and laughter...

Say cheese

After returning from France to his native Beijing clutching the de rigeur MBA degree, Liu Yang was supposed to follow the well-worn path to the comfortable office job, with promotion prospects and a generous retirement plan...

Framing a Moment

It is no easy task to choose the most outstanding pictures from amongst thousands of entries, even for experienced judges. Still, the results of the 6th annual China International Press Photo Contest were announced on March 25, 2010. ..

The Story of Wood

As a British freelance photographer based in Shanghai...

Jade Dreams

Since ancient times, the magnificent Kunlun Mountains in northwestern China has remained a famous cradle of jade...

TCM —A Healing Way

It is commonly held that in the Chinese language the term Zhongyi literally means “traditional Chinese medicine” (TCM), or “Chinese doctors,”...

Hometown Harmony

Tangchi, a small town in central China’s Anhui Province, recently gained fame as a “civilized town” and as a “harmonious society model town.”...

Considering the “Ruins”

In the old urban district of Guangzhou, where room for additional development is now very scarce, a 33,000-square-meter area of “ruins”...