Is China getting serious about going green?Bolder-than-usual statements out of some of China’s top officials suggests that the brakes may be tapped on the country’s red-hot economic growth in order to address mounting environmental issues.It...Read More
A wildfire broke out in Huangshan township of Lijiang City yesterday morning. According to China-Daily.org, at least 14 hectares (about 35 acres) were affected. WildChina’s on-the-ground partner reports that the fire has been contained, but...Read More
Tradition and modernity are colliding throughout villages in ChinaLast September we told you about Chinese questioning the value of World Heritage Site status. And in December, we noted that local officials around China were starting...Read More
WildChina Expert Spotlight is a new program for the Year of the Rabbit. WildChina will invite one of our experts to join us for dumpling lunch in the office every other Wednesday and give a...Read More
As the Christchurch Earthquake death toll rises—and the search for hundreds of missing people continues—we at WildChina want to take a moment to offer our condolences to all the victims of this tragedy. The world...Read More
Chris Taylor knows China travel. He first came to the country three decades ago and spent years as a contributor to and editor of Lonely Planet’s China guidebook.Taylor’s debut novel Harvest Season was published last...Read More
Even for experienced China travelers, the vast region of Xinjiang in the country’s northwest is full of surprises. One of the bigger surprises is the mystery of the dried corpses known as the Tarim mummies,...Read More
Lantern Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the new lunar year, marks the end of Chinese New Year and the last day to shoot fireworks. Walking home from work, it seems as if...Read More
Six sips in Beijing.The following piece is an excerpt from Templar Teas’ reports around the world. The author Jeff Fuchs is a writer, photographer, and expert of the Ancient Tea & Horse Caravan Road. Beijing and its...Read More
Named one of the “up-and-coming” places to visit, it seems that the word “Shangri-La” is everywhere. The term, which is said to “evoke imagery of exoticism of the Orient,” has initiated a circular series of...Read More
