When Derek Poskin first arrived in the historic canal city of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, in 2016, he was tracing a poem by Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Li Bai and developing a growing appreciation for Chinese tea culture.
On an ancient road in Sichuan province, Sandra Dorothy Carpenter presses her palm against a one-thousand-year-old cypress tree, the scent of cypress filling the air around her.
LANZHOU — With swift, practiced hands, 42-year-old Peng Jingjing twists, stretches, and folds dough into slender strands before a dozen students at the I. E. S. Hotel Escuela in Madrid, bringing the art of hand-pulled noodles to life.
While China was changing at an extraordinary pace, I remained in one place long enough to grow alongside it.
A long line of visitors from around the world stretched far beyond the counter, with some people waiting nearly an hour for a taste.
Six years ago, Ibrahim Maher, an Egyptian student who spoke barely any Chinese, arrived in China to begin a new chapter in his education.
The "Train Market" in Baihe town, Pingbian Miao autonomous county, Honghe prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province, owes its origin to the century-old narrow-gauge Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.
For most travelers planning a trip to China, the itinerary writes itself: the Great Wall in Beijing, the Bund in Shanghai and the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, among others.
What is the best way to end a trip to Guizhou province? For one traveler from the United Kingdom, the answer lies in a night out in Guiyang.
Four decades ago, on a rural film set in southern China, the young Jiang Wen, a Chinese film director and actor, kept an unlikely source of inspiration close at hand: a dictionary, of which the cover bearing an image of French actress Sophie Marceau.
Journalists and influencers from over 10 countries, fresh from a five-day trip through Guizhou's breathtaking landscapes and rich cultures.