The Four Chinese Villages on UNWTO’s 2023 World’s Best List

These four Chinese villages made the cut for UNWTO's 2023 Best Tourism Villages List!

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January 18, 2022

Episode 18: Dunhuang & the Mogao Grottoes

For our eighteenth episode we chat with Dunhuang Academy Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Neil Schmid. As one of the world’s leading authorities on medieval Buddhism’s visual culture, Neil covers the importance and implications of the grotto art...

Podcast, Dunhuang, GansuBuddhism, buddhist art, Dunghuang, Gansu, Mogao Caves, Mogao Grottoes

October 11, 2019

Gansu’s Mogao Caves: A Desert Sanctuary a Millennium in the Making

Originally posted on Caixin Global Buddhism came to China in many waves and through many routes. It brought not just a philosophy, but a cultural milieu of art, sculpture, festivals, and literature. Nowhere is the influence...

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May 28, 2019

Unearthing China’s History One Site at a Time: An Archaeological Adventure With Dr. Ye Wa

For anyone curious about one of the world’s oldest civilizations and those who love learning about and experiencing history, we developed one of our new expert-led adventures through the living museum that is China just for you....

Xian, Gansu

Beautiful night in an old town in Yunnan

March 23, 2018

4 Must-Sees Along the Silk Road in China

As early as the 1st century BCE, traders made the epic journey between China and Europe along the Silk Road. This legendary trade route snaked through China’s northwest and promoted incredible diversity in the region’s language, culture, and...

Gansu, Xinjiang

February 14, 2018

Insider’s Guide to the Best Natural Landscapes in China

China is home to some of the most diverse landscapes on the planet. From dry deserts to pillar-like mountains, massive rivers to cascading rice terraces – our list of ‘must-sees’ is enough to fill a large notebook. But...

Gansu, Guilin, Tibet, Xinjiang

December 8, 2017

What to Do in Gansu

Nestled between the high-altitude Tibetan and Loess plateaus, China’s Gansu Province has been making international headlines as one of Lonely Planet’s Best Destinations in Asia for 2017. This region of China, West of Beijing, was an...

Gansu