China Travel

A Midwestern Professor in China: Part 2

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz | Posted 04.08.2012

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

China, for me, remains a contrast between the old and new. With so much growth so fast -- it reminded me of Chicago 50 years ago, but on steroids.

PHOTOS: World's Largest Suspension Bridge Opens

Posted 04.05.2012

The world's longest suspension bridge--Aizhai--opened in China on March 31. The bridge connects two cities--Chongqing Municipality to Changsha cit...

A Midwesterner Goes to China: Part 1

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz | Posted 04.08.2012

Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

Since 2009, China has attempted to block dozens of sites that might harbor dissent. Recent visitors had told me to expect Internet restrictions. As a First Amendment researcher, I would see the access restrictions as a bit of a one-way street.

PHOTOS: 7 Flavors Of Shanghai

Necee Regis | Posted 05.27.2012

Necee Regis

I didn't endure 14-and-a-half hours on a plane from Chicago to eat a fast food burger with fries, so I turned down a side street and wandered till I found an appropriate Chinese-y place to dine.

WATCH: Quest For Harmony On The Pearl River Delta

Richard Bangs | Posted 04.16.2012

Richard Bangs

There is a place whose people have been on a never-ending quest to achieve a concord between life's jagged puzzle pieces. And some believe they have found its secrets.

Nightmare Travel Rush In World's Largest Seasonal Migration

AP | By GILLIAN WONG | Posted 01.19.2012

BEIJING -- Desperate to return home for China's most important holiday, migrant worker Li Zhuqing lined up for six chilly days and nights at a train s...

PHOTOS: An Ice City Rises In Northern China

Posted 03.05.2012

Every winter, Siberian winds bear down on Harbin, China, prompting the city's 10 million citizens to go outside for a party. The Harbin Internatio...

PHOTOS: Train Ticket Seekers Crowd China's Stations

Posted 02.29.2012

With Chinese New Year just around the corner, workers from Beijing to Changsha are lining up in droves to purchase train tickets for peak travel seaso...

Chinese Hoop Dreams

Mitch Moxley | Posted 02.08.2012

Mitch Moxley

The court was covered with a layer of dirt, so you didn't so much run down the court as you did skate or ski. Players sometimes refreshed themselves between games with a cigarette.

A Family Kitemaking Business In China

Jim Calio | Posted 02.06.2012

Jim Calio

There are kites shaped like butterflies, swallows, dragonflies and centipedes. There are kites that stretch all the way across the ceiling of the shop and kites that are so small they can fit into a regular size envelope.

PHOTOS: Chocolate Theme Park

Posted 12.02.2011

File this under super cool. First came the Angry Birds Theme Park. Now, for the second year in a row, a theme park made entirely from chocolate wi...

Looking For Chinese Solutions, Finding None

Mitch Moxley | Posted 01.16.2012

Mitch Moxley

We shrug our shoulders and say one of the most important and infuriating phrases in the Chinese language: mei banfa.

A Minor Diversion: Quiet Hong Kong With Children

Diya Luke | Posted 01.08.2012

Diya Luke

Most international flights invite travelers with small children to board ahead of the masses, which begs a question: Why would I want to subject myself to an extra minute of whining and restlessness in cramped quarters?

A Reunion And A Flirtation In Sixties Hong Kong

Carole Mallory | Posted 01.07.2012

Carole Mallory

Hong Kong was a series of peaks and valleys. It had dramatically tall buildings juxtaposed against narrow streets. The harbor of Kowloon was just on the other side of the island and we went there for lunch on a sampan with Harry.

A Foreigner By Any Other Name

Mitch Moxley | Posted 01.02.2012

Mitch Moxley

As Tall Rice, I've appeared in a movie, a humiliating music video, a commercial, a Peking Opera television special and, soon, a Chinese dating show. At home, I would have said no to all of it.

China's Great Wall Collapsing Due To Mining

Posted 12.21.2011

Thanks to an underground network of mines, one of the world's most iconic sites is in danger. A section of the Great Wall of China has collapsed, repo...

Great Haul: Couple Cleans Litter From China's Tourist-Friendly Wall

Posted 12.10.2011

A Chinese couple has spent more than a decade cleaning up tourist litter at the Great Wall of China, working alongside each other to carry out the hun...

Exploring The Yangtze: China's River Of Dreams (AUDIO)

Richard Bangs | Posted 12.08.2011

Richard Bangs

The epic story of an eight-year correspondence and an even longer quest to raft China's Yangtze.

PHOTOS: The View From The Highest Hotel In The World

JustLuxe | Posted 11.30.2011

JustLuxe

The building, the fourth tallest on earth, is half a kilometer tall. The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong occupies floors 102 through 118. Let's put it this way: The views aren't bad.

PHOTOS: Portraits Of Shanghai's Burdened Bikers

Posted 11.22.2011

French photographer Alain Delorme's series Totems features the acrobatic stacking feats of Shanghai's bikers. Delorme explains that the "cardboard...

Inspiration For A Rainy Day

Black Tomato | Posted 11.13.2011

Black Tomato

Here are some events to intrigue and inspire for when the sky greys and the rain comes a-pitter-pattering.

10 Great Places Visit And Help Wild Animals

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 11.09.2011

Wallace J Nichols

People can now volunteer with wildlife conservation projects while traveling or see and learn about wild animals in their natural habitat while supporting efforts to protect them.

Twin Towers Still Standing At Chinese Theme Park

Chris C. Anderson | Posted 11.09.2011

It's been 10 years, but replica World Trade Center Twin Towers still stand in a miniature version of Manhattan on display at Window of the World, a Ch...

WATCH: Angry Birds Theme Park Opens In China

Posted 11.07.2011

A theme park in China has opened an unlicensed “Angry Birds” attraction that offers visitors the chance to use a real slingshot to knock pigs off ...

Travel Prescription: Adventures In Yunnan

Kerrin Sheldon | Posted 10.24.2011

Kerrin Sheldon

Tiger Leaping Gorge is an impressive hike with dizzying drops and awesome switchbacks.