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Leshan Giant Buddha is located at the insection of Min River, Qingyi River and Dadu River. It's carved on the cliff of Mt.Lingyunshan to the north of Min River.

The Largest Buddha -- Le Shan (Chengdu)

As a colossal statue the Buddha is so awe-inspiring that every pious Buddhist feels compelled to ...

China dave chou

Beijing's Golden Resources Shopping Mall, a trendy shopping centre dubbed The Great Mall of China, boasts more than 1,000 shops in its six million square feet floor area.

The Great Mall of China

* * * BEIJING, June 27, 2005 - Miu Miu is no ordinary cat. A pedigree silver tabby born of Americ...

China AFP/Verna Yu

Green Tea

Film Review: Green Tea

Based on a short story Adiliya by the River by Jin Renshun, Green Tea zooms in on the world of bl...

China Celeste Heiter

Bamboo scaffolding, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Everyday Hong Kong

It is unique to the city of Hong Kong but you will probably never find it on any postcards. Bambo...

China Janet McKelpin

Celebrating Chinese New Year - Brush Painting

Chinese brush paintings decorate each page of this book. If you look closely, you will see the pa...

China Tricia Morrissey

A ship comes into the Hong Kong container port

A Story About the Hong Kong Container Port

6 million containers move in and out of the Hong Kong port each year.

China MaryLou Driedger

Mano Pl

Film Review: Mano Po

This family drama spans four generations of the Go family, a Chinese family who built a financial...

China / Philippines Celeste Heiter

Chinese Lunar Animal - Rabbit

The nimble Rabbit loves beauty and has impeccable manners. Peaceful and friendly, the Rabbit hops...

China Tricia Morrissey

Film Review: Hero

With a curriculum vitae that includes Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, and The Road Ho...

China Celeste Heiter

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Japanese Colonial Architecture

SEOUL, Aug 5, 2005 - Like the British, the Dutch, the Spanish and the French before them, Japanes...

China / Singapore / Japan AFP

Celebrating Chinese New Year - Red Envelopes

Children's pockets bulge with a windfall of shiny, red envelopes. Each envelope is a gift; the gl...

China Tricia Morrissey

The Temple of Lin Zexu who led the fight against British sales of opium

The Real Macau is Still There

You have to look a little harder to get past all the Las Vegas glitz and glitter that seems to be...

China MaryLou Driedger

Infernal Affairs

Film Review: Infernal Affairs

Known in Chinese as Mou Gaan Do, Infernal Affairs is the same crime thriller that inspired direct...

China Celeste Heiter

Mandarin-Style Fish with Ginger-Garlic Sauce

Recipe: Mandarin-Style Fish with Ginger-Garlic Sauce

Of all Suzhou's famous dishes, the Mandarin Squirrel Fish is one of the most intriguing. However ...

China Celeste Heiter

Typhoon Imbudo batters Stanley Village on Hong Kong Island.

Typhoon Signal Number 8 Has Been Raised

The word “typhoon” derives from the Cantonese tai fung, which translates as “big wind.” ...

China Steven K. Bailey

There’re no domestic flights, so you can get around the city by land & sea, but you won’t be flying.

Trains, Trams and the Travelator: Public Transit of Hong Kong

In most cities you take public transit to get to the local attractions, but in Hong Kong public t...

China Steven K. Bailey

Fruit seller on the roadside, Nepalganj, Nepal.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1

Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you g...

China / Nepal Jeff Greenwald

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Beating Little People in Hong Kong

Granny Leung, one of the last practitioners in Hong Kong of the ancient Chinese ritual of "da siu...

China AFP/Beh Lih Yi

Opium Den display in the Shanghai City Museum

Opium had a devastating impact on China just over a hundred years ago. One man tried to stop it b...

China MaryLou Driedger

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Slain Indian soldier 'lives on' at China frontier post

JASWANT GARH, India, Nov 7, 2002 - Forty years after his death, an Indian army rifleman has been ...

China AFP/Zarir Hussain

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