Ancient tea and Horse Caravan Trip: The following is an excerpt from “Trail Tribulations” by Paul Mooney, South China Morning Post———–Ouyang Shangxian worked briefly on the trail. His classic Shaxi courtyard house is indicative of...Read More
Beautiful and diverse, southwestern China’s Yunnan province is not only one of our most popular destinations, it is where WildChina was born. In the initial stages of China’s dizzyingly fast modernization, Yunnan avoided much of...Read More
Tibet travel ban doesn’t include all of China’s Tibetan regions.Unfortunate travel news out of Tibet: foreign travelers are not being allowed into Tibet this month and no clear timetable for when they will be allowed...Read More
Last week, WildChina had the opportunity to host Anissa Helou, the “internationally known food writer,art collector, journalist, broadcaster, and one of the leading experts on the cuisines of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.” She came...Read More
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
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
