Thank You, Thangka

Resting atop the “roof of the world,” the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, is a “golden valley,” as its name, Rebgong, in Tibetan language literally means...

My Cup of Tea

Even when I had little knowledge about tea, I already loved the Pu’er variety, and after I recently visited the city of Pu’er...

A Prayer for Peace

At 8:30 a.m., 50 banner carriers lined up along both sides of the entrance to ancient Shangqing Town...

Rocking the Great Wall

The summer of 2010 marked the 30th anniversary of the earliest Chinese rock music, and a series of concerts were presented in Beijing to celebrate...

Art Imitating Art

A high-nosed, deep-eyed man of minority ethnicity, with a dense beard and bare chest, humbly pulls a thoroughbred to its owner...

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...

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