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Shanghai Triad

Film Review: Shanghai Triad

Beautiful and exotic leading lady Gong Li is the centerpiece of this underworld film noir as seen...

China Celeste Heiter

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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

Terracotta soldiers protecting the first emperor of China.

Terracotta Warriors

It was a typical day in March in 1974. As usual, Chinese villagers living along the Wei River are...

China Heng Wah

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

Film Review: Hero

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

China Celeste Heiter

Stocking a Chinese Pantry

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

China Celeste Heiter

Grand Hyatt building on a clear day in Pudong

Shanghai Skyline

At the speed of all the construction in Shanghai, the skyline is ever changing. One has to wonder...

China Janet McKelpin

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

This little girl was my guide at Leaping Tiger Gorge

My trip through China's Yunnan province provided many experiences that had me saying "Pinch yours...

China MaryLou Driedger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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