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Practices surrounding child birth vary from culture to culture

Eighty percent of women in China still observe the practice. As recently as a generation ago, it...

China Jack VanNoord

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A Woman's Guide to Traveling Solo around Asia

Traveling alone can be daunting. More so when you're a pint-sized lady backpacking around on a sh...

China Ee Lin Wan

Chinese Lunar Animal - Sheep

Gentle and kind, the Sheep invites peace. He forgives easily, collecting a bounty of friends and ...

China Tricia Morrissey

Mongolian Rustic Hotpot

Recipe: Mongolian Rustic Lamb and Dumpling Hotpot

The remarkable thing about this soup is that it requires so little effort to produce such fantast...

China / Mongolia / Kazakhstan Celeste Heiter

Yeti Airlines, on the airstrip in Simikot (9,400'), Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4

1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- u...

China / Afghanistan / Bhutan Jeff Greenwald

Wuzhen, Zhejiang, China. Visitors take a cruise on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, thru Wuzhen.

Wuzhen: the last authentic "water town"

In the tranquil little village of Wuzhen, the light hangs over the Dong Shi River in a soft summe...

China Graham Simmons

Shopping in Toronto's Richmond Hill Chinatown.

Chinatown Sextet - Chinatowns in the Greater Toronto Area - 3

(Third of Three Parts) 5. Richmond Hill Canada's immigration policy in the early 1990s encouraged...

China Robert Tompkins

in the village

on visiting a Kayan Lahwi Village

A part of me thinks it would be better to stay home.

China / Thailand Jack VanNoord

The writer with the good doctor & son.

A visit with the Famous Doctor Ho

Doctor Ho is the most written about Chinese doctor in all the world. He is the most talked about...

China / Vietnam / Myanmar Joshua Samuel Brown

Stocking a Chinese Pantry

Although many commonplace meats, vegetables and seasonings may be uses in the preparation of Chin...

China Celeste Heiter

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A Story of Us All: Ha Jin's Waiting

Winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Fiction, Ha Jin's Waiting is as universal, and decepti...

China Kenneth Champeon

Black Narcissus

Film Review: Black Narcissus

Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus tells the story of a cloister of nuns from th...

China / Bhutan / Nepal Celeste Heiter

Starfish, Scorpions & Lizards on Sticks

Not long ago Guangzhou's Qingping market was notorious as a place where unmentionable stenches mi...

China Joshua Samuel Brown

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The Himalayan Yeti -- Believe what you will

1913: A Chinese hunting party captured an apelike creature that their Tibetan loaders identified ...

China / Afghanistan / Bhutan Nabanita Dutt

A memorial stupa in Zhongdiang

A Wish and A Prayer

The people of Yunnan province introduced me to many different ways to make good luck wishes for m...

China MaryLou Driedger

Fleeing by Night

Film Review: Fleeing by Night

A delicate love triangle develops when American-educated cellist Hsu Shaodung returns to Beijing ...

China Celeste Heiter

Sai Kung Country Park, Hong Kong.

Wild Cows and Ghost Towns: Hiking Hong Kong

I always thought that free-ranging steers and spooky ghost towns were exclusive to the American w...

China Steven K. Bailey

Eat a Bowl of Tea

Film Review: Eat a Bowl of Tea

Directed by Wayne Wang, of Joy Luck Club fame, Eat a Bowl of Tea is an intimate portrait of the l...

China Celeste Heiter

The source of the epidemic is thought to be the civet cat. This animal was served in restaurants throughout the region both before and after the outbreak, although briefly taken off the menu when it was discovered to be a carrier of the disease.

SARS & Vinegar: The Untold Story of Mainland China

When news of the outbreak spread across the globe, foreign tourists, expats and journalists fled ...

China Adam Bray

Curiosity Kills the Cat

Roads Taken...At Cinequest 2007

This year's Asian entries in the 17th annual San Jose Cinequest Film Festival all seem to focus o...

China / Vietnam / Indonesia Celeste Heiter

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