Michael Meyer is the author of a soon-to-be-published book called The Last Days of Old Beijing, which describes the disappearing hutong neighborhoods of Beijing, as well as the people who've lived there for decades. The...Read More
The New York Times has some really interesting pieces on travel in China right now, including: The Perils of Hong Kong Jade on tricks and tips for buying jade in Hong Kong I thought this...Read More
Before I came to Beijing, I remember hearing the word “opera” and associating it with the beautiful arias of Italian singers and world-famous artists like Pavarotti. After going to the Laoshe Teahouse my whole perspective...Read More
Before I moved to Beijing, I never expected that I would spend some of my winter weekends on the ski slopes outside of the city. I guess people (including myself) don't tend to associate China...Read More
One of the perks (and perils) of traveling through Beijing and Shanghai is the excellent shopping that can be found, and often for great prices. With the holidays fast approaching, your resident WildChina shoppers thought...Read More
William Lindesay has lived in China for 14 years during which he has spent "more than 800 days on the Great Wall." In 1987, he made what China's Xinhua News Agency described as "the most...Read More
Smiling Olympic volunteers were ubiquitous on the streets of Beijing this August and September, and news of their helpfulness was reported in several media outlets. These legions of volunteers are just one part of the...Read More
What happens if you take a woman of Indian descent, who speaks American-accented English and Taiwanese-accented Mandarin, and ask her to travel, WildChina style, for one month? You get a lot of confused looks—that's for...Read More
