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Xiaojin, Sichuan, China

Thoughts of Old Time From a Night-Mooring Under Niuzhu Mountain -- Li Bai

This night to the west of the river's edge There is not one cloud in the whole blue sky, As I wat...

China Dawn Stanton

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The Great American Dharma Bum

Forests are delightful, where more worldly men find no joy. - from the Dhammapada * * * * * Hen...

China / India Kenneth Champeon

Recipe: Nectarine Salad With Ginger Vinaigrette Dressing

Serves 6 to 8 4 tablespoons peanut oil 1/4 cup fresh ginger cut into thin strips 2 tablespoons gr...

China Habeeb Salloum

This shot was taken on a one of our increasingly rare good-air days from the ferry heading to Lamma Island.

Hong Kong: Skyline, Culture and Maids

A story told with photos.

China Joshua Samuel Brown

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Lunar New Year Traditions

HONG KONG, Jan 22, 2004 - Hongkongers will play mah jong but superstition prevents them from bett...

China / Taiwan AFP/Mark McCord

Schlachttag (Datang, Prefecture Qian Dong Nan, Guizhou province)

Ancient skill of cooling warehouses in Datang village (prefecture Qian Dong Nan, Guizhou province)

Ancient, nevertheless smart technique to cool warehouses in Datang village (prefecture Qian Dong ...

China Tom Ber • www.tomber.de

Travellers wait at Beijing West Railway station in Beijing to catch their trains for the annual trip home to visit relatives in celebration of Chinese New Year.

China's biggest annual people migration begins

Beijing, Jan 19, 2003 - China's busiest travel period of the year has begun with transportation o...

China AFP/Cindy Sui

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Hesse's Demi-Buddha

* * * * * Review of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha , Shambala, 2000. * * * * * The story of the Buddha...

China Kenneth Champeon

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Hong Kong's Beatles Bar

Mr. Moonlight, 12/F Henry House, 40-42 Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

China AFP/Richard A. Brooks

Street of cook shops and eateries in Guiyang (Guizhou province)

Street of cook shops and eateries in Guiyang (Guizhou province)

Street of cook shops and eateries in Guiyang (Guizhou province)

China www.tomber.de

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China trains guides as tourists flock to mountains

The Siguniang mountains in southwest China's Sichuan province, have become a hotspot for ice clim...

China AFP/Francois Bougon

This was taken on the Dragon River, not far from Yangshuo.

Chinese Reflections

Start I've long been fascinated with reflections, both my own (very narcissistic, I admit) and th...

China Joshua Samuel Brown

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It is another weekend, a welcome break after another week that whirled past in a flurry of activi...

China Goh Bee Lian

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Proto-Hippie Fa Hien

As Marcus Aurelius famously reminded us, history has its consolations. "Consider," he writes in h...

China Kenneth Champeon

Laya waterfalls (Guizhou province)

Enchanting Huangguoshu Waterfalls Scenic Area - pictorial Laya cascade (Guizhou)

Scenic Laya cascade in Guizhou province gushes next to a narrow road for about 2.5km.

China www.tomber.de

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Tea, Tea, Tea! (And Modernity)

* * * * * Review of Kakuzo Okakura's The Book of Tea * * * * * Of tea-drinker and wit par excelle...

China Kenneth Champeon

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Chinese Food - back to basics

With Chinese cuisine headlining the fifth Madrid Fusion gastronomic summit, one of Asia's top che...

China / Singapore AFP/Chris Wright

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Title: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Author: Dai Sijie. Translated by Ina Rilke. Publ...

China ThingsAsian Booklist

Temple on top of the hill of Qianling Park (Guiyang, Guizhou province)

Beautiful Qianling Park and Buddhist temple on top of the hill (Guiyang, Guizhou province)

The Qianling Park is one of the few local recreation areas in busy and hectic Guiyang (Guizhou pr...

China www.tomber.de

Possibly the most striking thing about The Art of War , the ancient Chinese military treatise, is...

China Kenneth Champeon

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