Interview with Shanti Christensen, of ShowShanti.com, on eating and cooking her way through China

Shanti Christensen, storyteller and food explorer, travels China meeting families who teach her their favorite home-style recipes. She writes and photographs for ShowShanti.com while collecting recipes for her future cookbook. Her Filipino mother and Danish-American...

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March 4, 2010

Travel Tips: Spring Biking in the ‘Jing (and other Chinese urban centers)

Those who regularly ride the subway in China’s large cities will finally gain a little more breathing room in the coming weeks, as warmer weather means that bikes and bikers are making a seasonal comeback....

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February 20, 2010

Beijing’s Chinese New Year Temple Fairs: redefining a Chinese cultural event

If you’ve been in Beijing during the Chinese New Year festivities, you know that after a few days of consuming delicious traditional New Year dishes, one must visit a temple fair, or miao hui. Where...

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February 16, 2010

Great Wall of China: The Forgotten Story

If you’ll be in the New York City area on March 1, don’t miss the reception for “Great Wall of China: The Forgotten Story,” a series of large-scale, historically based photos of the Great Wall,...

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February 12, 2010

Beijing office closure for Chinese New Year

WildChina’s Beijing office will be closed from Saturday, February 13 to Friday, February 19 in celebration of Chinese New Year. Normal business hours will resume on Saturday, February 20. During this time, please contact...

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February 11, 2010

WildChina’s 2009 Newcomer Guide of the Year: Fran

Introducing WildChina’s first Newcomer Guide of the Year award! Organized by WildChina’s Operations team member Nellie Connolly, the Newcomer Guide of the Year award is designed to award outstanding new guides who have demonstrated expertise,...

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Man looking after cattle on the Tibetan plateau

February 10, 2010

WildChina’s Community Service Day at Bethel: Our Day in Photos

Last Friday, as we wrote about on this blog, WildChina spent the day at Bethel, an education and training center for blind childen in Hebei province, as a community service day. We cleaned up and...

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February 10, 2010

Traveling to the past: a heartwarming story of family heritage visit in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province

In WildChina’s ten-year history, we have been witness to many amazing and life-changing experiences on our journeys. Recently, one of these incredible stories was uncovered in a conversation with Pan Wei and Christine, two members...

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February 8, 2010

Travel Tips: Experiencing springtime flora in China

After a long day of battling sub-zero temperatures, icy cold winds and more snow, it is hard for China’s northern residents to imagine that spring is not too far away. However, now is the time...

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February 4, 2010

Asia Society video: “Why China Why Climate?”

On the subjects of climate change, the Tibetan Plateau, and Orville Schell, our friend at New York-based Asia Society, Michael Zhao, recently sent us a video in which he combines and documents all three. In...

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