Beihai Park: Beijing’s Oldest Imperial Garden
Beihai Park in Beijing: the White Dagoba, Nine-Dragon Wall, Round City and Kublai Khan’s jade bowl, plus 2024 tickets, best times and where to eat nearby
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China’s Minority Cuisines: A Traveller’s Sampler
From Uyghur pilaf and Tibetan tsampa to Guizhou sour soup fish, this sampler maps China’s minority food cultures and where to taste each one
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The Butter Tea Route Across Tibet
Butter tea across Tibet, from Lhasa teahouses to nomad tents at Namtso: how it is made, why it exists at altitude, and the road to Everest Base Camp
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Jokhang Temple Lhasa: The Spiritual Heart of Tibet
Jokhang Temple in Lhasa: the Jowo Rinpoche statue, Barkhor kora, permit and afternoon-entry rules, photography limits and what the visit really involves
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Sichuan Cuisine: More Than Just Spicy
How Sichuan cooking really works: the numbing peppercorn, the fermented pastes, the main flavour patterns, the dishes to judge a kitchen by, and 2024 prices
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Yangtze Three Gorges Cruise: What the Trip Is Like
A Chongqing to Yichang river cruise runs three or four nights past three gorges and one enormous dam, and this guide covers ships, prices and trade-offs
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Dali and Erhai Lake: Bai Culture and Slow Living
Erhai Lake and the Bai villages around Dali: the lake loop stop by stop, Cangshan cable cars, what to eat, and an honest look at how the shoreline has changed
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Responsible Travel in China: Less Plastic, More Respect
How to travel responsibly in China: cutting plastic waste, avoiding the wildlife trade, temple and village etiquette, and keeping your money local
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How to Order in a Chinese Restaurant
Chinese restaurants work on shared plates, not individual orders, and learning how to balance a table changes everything about eating in China
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Tea Tours in China: From Plantation to Cup
Tea tours in China run from a Hangzhou picking morning to multi-day trips in Puer old tea forests; here is where to go, when to pick and what it costs
