Beijing Daxing: China’s New Destination Airport

For anyone that’s been paying attention to China steadily rising up the must-see travel destination lists, alongside the increasing ubiquity of Chinese tourists, it will come as no surprise that China’s capital city is home...

Destinations, Beijingart, Daxing International Airport, Beijing, architecture

November 1, 2019

Jiuzhaigou National Park Reopens Further Following Devastating 2017 Earthquake

Jiuzhaigou National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in China’s Sichuan Province is a true gem of an attraction. Meaning ‘Nine Village Valley’, Jiuzhaigou is named for the nine Tibetan villages that dot the sprawling...

China, WildChina, DestinationsSichuan-Earthquake, UNESCO, Sichuan province, Jiuzhaigou National Park, UNESCO World Heritage, Sichuan

October 17, 2019

Choose Your Own Small Group Adventure

Featured image by Jeff Fuchs, WildChina Expert There are a few certainties when it comes to travel. You’ll definitely learn something new, whether it’s how to make a killer bowl of noodles or something as...

Destinations, Chinaexpert-led tour, small group travel, small group trips

October 11, 2019

Gansu’s Mogao Caves: A Desert Sanctuary a Millennium in the Making

Originally posted on Caixin Global Buddhism came to China in many waves and through many routes. It brought not just a philosophy, but a cultural milieu of art, sculpture, festivals, and literature. Nowhere is the influence...

Destinations, Mei's Advice, Gansu, DunhuangTravel in China, Gansu, Buddhism, Dunhuang, Silk Road

October 2, 2019

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway: China’s Road Through the Sky

Featured image by thriol via Flickr Ruggedly wild, inherently spiritual, and filled with rich ethnic culture and untamed beauty, Tibet has called to adventurers for generations. But, they don’t call it the ‘roof of the...

Tibet, Destinations, Editor's Pick, Insider Tips

September 6, 2019

The Road Less Traveled: Our Journey into Sustainable Tourism

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, sustainable tourism is defined as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry,...

Destinations, China, Sustainable Travel, Insider TipsSustainable Travel, Yunnan, sustainable tourism, sustainable tourism China

Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

August 31, 2019

Why are China’s ‘Old Towns so Boring?

The Brown Sugar Craft Shop designed by architect Xu Tiantian in Songyang in 2017. Photo: Wang Ziling “Stop barking,” an old man yelled at his dog, who was voicing his objection to my photo-taking. The...

Caixin, In the News, Insider Tips, Yunnan, Mei's AdviceMei Zhang, Yunnan

August 30, 2019

Debunked: 4 Myths About Traveling to Tibet That Just Aren’t True

All photos by WildChina traveler Mar Pages Whether you want to experience enlightenment, see awe-inspiring landscapes, or explore one of the tallest mountain ranges in the world, visiting Tibet has everything you need to...

Destinations, Tibet

August 9, 2019

Seven-Tenths Tea, Three-Tenths Friendship: Culture and Tea in China

The history of tea is almost as long as the history of China itself. Given that the Middle Kingdom is one of the oldest civilizations in the world, that is no small statement. In fact,...

Destinations, China, Yunnan

August 2, 2019

From Gentle Simmer to Rolling Boil – The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Pu’er Tea

While Helen of Troy was the face that launched a thousand ships, pu’er tea was the beverage that paved the ancient Tea Horse Road. Fifteen hundred years ago, pu’er was a humble tea that rarely...

Destinations, Yunnan, China

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