On the Road: WildChina’s Nellie Connolly explores Tibet

Electric blue skies and majestic mountains were a wonderful welcome as I stepped off the plane in Lhasa, Tibet. In early May, as the Manager of Training and Quality Control, I was sent to Lhasa...

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May 12, 2010

Travel Tip: This Summer, Escape China’s “Three Furnaces”

Many parts of China can get quite hot in the summertime. But, did you know that there are three cities that are notorious for their heat? Meet China’s “Three Furnaces” (三大火炉): Wuhan (capital of Hubei...

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May 12, 2010

Interview with Jeff Fuchs, first westerner to traverse the Ancient Tea and Horse Caravan Road

WildChina’s Alex Grieves recently interviewed Jeff Fuchs, the first westerner to traverse the ancient Tea and Horse Caravan Road, author of The Ancient Tea Horse Road: Travels with the Last of the Himalayan Muleteers, and...

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April 26, 2010

Yubeng Primary School: Update from Sunshine

In late March, WildChina founder Mei Zhang bloggedabout colleague Sunshine’s trip to and future work with an elementary school in Yubeng, a Tibetan village in Yunnan province. Recently, Sunshine gave us an update on the...

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April 22, 2010

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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April 22, 2010

Yushu Updates: News from the Field, April 22

Near the Jyekundo bus station WildChina 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....

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April 20, 2010

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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April 20, 2010

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

Debris from Trangu Monastery In 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...

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April 15, 2010

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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March 30, 2010

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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