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Tashi, Samdeg, and Niyma: Profiles of our Yushu friends who are helping their community

Without the help of all our friends in Yushu, we would not have had the opportunity or the good fortune to successfully run trips in Qinghai province. They are like family to us, and there...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

Yushu Updates: News from the Field, April 22

Near the Jyekundo bus stationWildChina deeply thanks our friends, partners, and clients for their continued interest in helping those in need in Yushu, Qinghai province, which was recently hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake.As we...
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Girl praying at an ancient temple

CHINA GREEN video “Fading Shangri-La 失色中的香格里拉” discusses Yunnan’s melting Mt. Khawa Karpo, features WildChina photography

Michael Zhao, of New York-based Asia Society’s CHINA GREEN, has produced another incredible video on environmental change in China and its societal and cultural implications for the Chinese people. WildChina was happy to contribute photos...
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Fisherman in YangShuo

More Earthquake Updates: Further news, and how you can help

Debris from Trangu MonasteryIn recent days, WildChina has been working with our local partners to get on-the-ground knowledge of the Yushu earthquake tragedy, and to provide needed supplies and aid.Since our last post on Yushu,...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

WildChina Offers Tents to Qinghai Earthquake Victims

WildChina wishes to send our deepest condolences to the victims of Wednesday morning’s 7.1-magnitude Qinghai earthquake in Yushu (northwestern China, bordering Tibet). Our thoughts are with our local Qinghai partner and his staff as they...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

The Magic of Mt. Kawagebo and Yubeng

At 1 am Beijing time this past Saturday, I received this email below from my colleague, Sunshine. I am used to his quick email responses to my last detailed request for a flight or a...
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Buddhist sculpture and art

Asia Society video: “Why China Why Climate?”

On the subjects of climate change, the Tibetan Plateau, and Orville Schell, our friend at New York-based Asia Society, Michael Zhao, recently sent us a video in which he combines and documents all three.In his...
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Imperial dragon patterns

Revisiting “China’s Magic Melting Mountain”: A frank look at tourism in Yunnan

When reading Orville Schell’s recent article in Conde Nast Traveler, “China’s Magic Melting Mountain,” readers might notice that the destinations in Yunnan he describes seem rather, well, touristy.Schell is quick to outline the realities of...
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Fisherman in YangShuo

Interview with Jia Liming, WildChina’s Director of Operations, on travels in Yunnan

Orville Schell recently wrote about his travels in Yunnan with WildChina, discussing the climate change issues on the Tibetan Plateau. However, what is beyond the melting glacial peaks in the region?WildChina’s Alex Grieves sat down...
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Imperial dragon patterns

WildChina in Orville Schell’s Conde Nast Traveler article ‘China’s Magic Melting Mountain’ (February 2010)

China scholar Orville Schell recently published a piece in the February 2010 issue of Conde Nast Traveler entitled ‘China’s Magic Melting Mountain,’ in which he discusses China’s lesser-known Tibetan Plateau, the region’s Buddhist culture, and the physical...
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