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2012
Tibetan Buddhism Flags

The Ancient Tea and Horse Road – An interview with Jeff Fuchs

After months of following Jeff Fuchs’ blog and appearances at WildChina’s website, I finally met him personally during a presentation at Beijing Literary Festival in Capital M. Jeff’s passion for mountains and tea are evident...
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Girl praying at an ancient temple

Update from the Field: Travel to Tibet

For the past four years, Tibet experiences a hiatus in tourism during the spring.  As we are moving to the end of May, Tibet is slowly opening up again to travelers.  Currently, permits to the...
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Tibetan Buddhism Flags

Cross Border Journey: Trip Notes from Vietnam and China

Our first clients recently returned from WildChina’s inaugural cross-border journey to China and Vietnam. Here are some highlights from Max Stein, a Princeton in Asia fellow at WildChina, and his parents Richard Stein and Eva Zuckerkandel. In...
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui

Where the Wild Things Are: An evening with William Lindesay is in Time Out Beijing!

All of us at WildChina are excited about our upcoming Where the Wild Things Are speaker: William Lindesay.  Lindesay is a WildChina Expert and Great Wall historian whose first trip to the Wall in 1987...
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Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

Celebrating Naadam Festival in Mongolia

Every year in July, the crescendo of boastful taunts between Mongolian men only means one thing – Naadam Festival has arrived!  The national holiday not only commemorates the 1921 revolution & the Mongol state’s declaration...
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Tibetan Buddhism Flags

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits China

A couple of weekends ago, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in town co-chairing the third U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) alongside China’s State Councilor Liu Yandong.  They discussed and presented plans for increased...
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Traditional Chinese Architecture

Celebrating Mother’s Day in Beijing, China

As Mother’s Day is here, we hope you have something wonderful lined up for your mother, wife, and/or grandmother.  Take a look below at a few of WildChina’s suggestions on how to spend a special...
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Man looking after cattle on the Tibetan plateau

Reflections on “Easy China: Three Ways”

Last week, The New York Times published “Easy China: Three Ways,” a look at how first-time visitors can tackle Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.  Everyone at WildChina religiously keeps up with what is being written...
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Man looking after cattle on the Tibetan plateau

How WildChina Explorer Shanghua Zhang prepares for an expedition…

Last week, Shanghua Zhang, one of the 2012 WildChina Explorer Grant winners, began his trek in the Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture. Along his journey, he will spend time in The Chaqingsongduo Nature Reserve which houses two-thirds of...
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui

Cooking up a storm at Black Sesame Kitchen

Black Sesame Kitchen was founded in 2008 by internationally renowned Chef and food writer, Jen Lin-Liu, author of best-selling cook-book “Serve the People – A Stir-fried Journey through China.” Located in one of Beijing’s most...
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