From 2010's Adventures with Chinglish during two visits to China. Read More
More specifically, at a market in Nanning, China, with a population of over seven million, one of the larger cities... Read More
In the wake of a broad crackdown on free expression since President Xi Jinping took office, China is the world's worst jailer of journalists, with 44 behind bars, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its annual report on imprisoned journalists released today. Read More
A brief look back at the 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony in Beijing. Read More
Even shoppers in China apparently get tired of buying all the things they make. Read More
Turtles for sale at a market on the fringes of Nanning, China, a sprawling city of seven million many of you have never heard of. So it goes with many mid-sized Chinese cities. Read More
Today’s Pic du Jour, the 193rd (!) straight, provides a brief throwback to a late 2010 visit to the Ba... Read More
Today’s Daily Pic is of a wedding scene I caught early on a Sunday morning while on my way to... Read More
One of the biggest cities you've never heard of. Read More
I just finished lamenting how un-big the backpack I’ll be living out of for the next 14 to 16 months... Read More
You can now cross Boiled Dog in a Nanning Market off your list of things to see before you die.... Read More
And a hideously tacky Tourist Tunnel it is. But it makes for some great photo opportunities during the course of... Read More
Utterly fascinating. Some of the fossils almost look alive. Gizmodo: First Photos of China’s 298-Million-Year-Old Buried Forest. Related articles 298-Million-Year-Old... Read More
Even folks in China get tired of buying all the things they make. This was taken in Shanghai last May... Read More
That’s a boiled dog prepped and ready for sale in a small market in Nanning, China. Apparently, it offended western... Read More
I made two visits to China this year, enough to see that Chinglish is still quite alive and well, despite... Read More
That’s the first public toilet you’ll see when crossing into Vietnam from China via the Friendship pass. But fear not,... Read More