Beijing travel is back, and so are the crowds. Here are a few tips for those looking to take advantage of the great weather as the city prepares for the May Day holiday crush.
Getting Elevated in Qinghai with Entrepreneur and Mountain Guide Ben Cubbage
Barbarians at the Gate: Touring China with historian Yajun Mo
Barbarians at the Gate: China Tripping
Scones and Elegance: Afternoon Tea at the Peninsula Hong Kong
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Gecko: The Tale of an Unexpected Reptilian Visitor
Tea for Taipei: Maokong Gondola to Taiwan's past
Did Chinese Architect Liang Sicheng Save the Historic Sites of Kyoto?
Being Thomas Friedman in Taipei
Nothing is more annoying than the uncritical writer who arrives at a destination and proceeds to gush over the local culture. So when I say I love Taiwan, I do so with the full expectation that I may be simply exorcizing the accumulated demons of a life lived in Beijing. But you know what… I absolutely love Taiwan and let me tell you why.
Constructing Ethnicity in Xishuangbanna
Lipton's Ceylon: The Legacy of a Tea Tycoon's Sri Lankan Empire
The tea fields of central Sri Lanka are a long way from Scotland, but both share a rugged beauty, sometimes obscured with mist, at once giving way to views which sweep down into deep, green valleys.
Little wonder then that a Glaswegian grocery magnate would choose this spot – central Sri Lanka’s Dambatenne – upon which to build his empire of tea.
Why are international travelers turning away from China?
Kowtow and get out: How I was almost ejected from the Forbidden City
Three Days in Yangon, Myanmar: A City on the Rise
Audio: From leading tours in Beijing to taking groups to Pyongyang
A Few Days in North Korea
Walking the Pearl River Delta
In 2015, The Guardian reported the Pearl River Delta region had overtaken Tokyo to become the world’s largest urban area in both geographic size and population. To find out what that looks like at ground level, I would walk 100 km from Guangzhou East Train Station to Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport.
