Chengdu was the final new city on our three-week journey. Although our stay was brief, we hoped to make the most of it by basing ourselves in Yulin, a subdistrict…

I had never heard of Nanxun before planning this trip to China. But when I discovered that there were numerous ancient water towns between Suzhou and Hangzhou—two of our main…

Before visiting Hangzhou, I had often heard about the beauty of its tea fields and West Lake. There is a well-known Chinese proverb—“Above there is heaven; below there is Suzhou…

Our time in Suzhou felt like two completely different trips. There was the ancient city, with its canals, classical gardens, and traditional architecture, and then there was the modern city,…

When I think of Shanghai, I think of character. Beneath the glitz and glamour are layers of intention and history that tell far more interesting stories. You could start with…

As a kid, I remember watching a Top Gear episode set in what they called “the largest city you’ve never heard of.” That city was Chongqing. The episode stuck with…