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With summer in full swing, rising temperatures and falling rains are abundant amongst China’s weather forecasts. Chinese and international tourists flock to the country’s most popular cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Lhasa, enduring high temperatures and temperamental rains all in the name of sightseeing. Continue reading →

Visitors from all over the world are flocking to Shanghai to experience this year’s World Expo, a larger than life expose of continents sprawled out along the city’s Huangpu River. For many, the Expo is an opportunity to visit far off lands without ever really leaving home. Continue reading →

Few archaeological discoveries compare to the Terracotta Army that was uncovered in Xian’s eastern suburbs in 1974. Following this abundant discovery, archaeologists began to reveal and preserve the mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin, the self-declared first emperor of … Continue reading →

    Few leaders in history invoke as much national pride as Chairman Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Republic of China. His influence is everywhere, looming especially over the largest public square in the world, Tiananmen Square. Modern China … Continue reading →

Shanghai’s 2010 World Expo kicked off in true Chinese fashion May 1 at exactly 20:10, or 8:10pm for those of us who don’t follow military time.Shanghai was chosen as an ideal city to highlight this year’s exp theme, “Better City, Better Life.” Continue reading →

Dealing with Disaster Through Western Eyes At the time the earthquake in China’s northwest province of Qinghai occurred I was on holiday in Hong Kong, temporarily removed from my usual post glued to my computer, where I would otherwise customarily … Continue reading →

One of the five rams of Guangzhou, from the statue in Yuexiu Park.  Guangzhou China: A place of historic rebellions and insurrection, contact with the west and the Opium War, and now boom-town central in China. Legend says the city … Continue reading →