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Xishuangbanna

Where to Travel: January 2021

January 2021… the start of a year we’re all hoping will be a lot less crazy than the one before. So, how to make the most of being in China in January when even temperatures...
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Traditional Chinese Architecture

It’s all about the tea…into the mind of WildChina Expert Jeff Fuchs

Musings from WildChina Explorer and Expert Jeff Fuchs on the importance of the Ancient Tea & Horse Caravan Road, and why we should all bump it up on our travel list… The Ancient Tea &...
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Xishuangbanna

Breaking the Winter Cycle: Tropical Xishuangbanna

Nestled in the southernmost tip of Yunnan province, just between neighboring Myanmar and Laos, this region hosts a vibrant intermingling of cultures and landscapes. With average daily highs of 26 degrees Celsius in January, the...
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Imperial dragon patterns

Interview: Bill Bleisch, 2012 WildChina Explorer

  Bill Bleisch has been involved in environmental efforts in China and its neighboring countries for nearly two decades. One perennial focus of his work has been the way in which habitat loss stemming from...
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Buddhist sculpture and art

Backstage pass to Yunnan

Although WildChina is proud of all its itineraries, it is not every one that has a National Geographic award. One such lucky trip is WildChina’s Tea and Horse Caravan. Recognized in 2012 by National Geographic...
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Chinese door in Hutong alley

Home for the Holidays: China’s Busiest Travel Season

Today marks the beginning of the busiest travel season in China: from January 21 to February 27, China’s skies, roads, and rails will be inundated as an expected 640 million people, from every corner of...
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Man enjoying his tea

Dai food: Chinese cuisine’s best-kept secret

Dai food: Chinese cuisine’s best-kept secret. While most of China is frozen or at least quite cold, there are still some parts of the country’s south that are enjoying shorts and t-shirt weather during the...
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The mystic Yellow Mountain in Anhui

On the road in Xishuangbanna: The Manfeilong Stupas

China is filled with cultural and historical treasures dating back centuries, even millennia, but it is a sad truth that the number of valuable sites and relics diminished greatly in the past 200 years, primarily...
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A camel resting in the Gobi Desert

Traditional papermaking still alive in Xishuangbanna

During a recent visit to Xishuangbanna in southern Yunnan Province we stopped by the small but industrious village of Manzhao, which is known throughout the region for its traditional papermaking. The people of Manzhao are...
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Man enjoying his tea

A village homestay in Mangang Village

A village homestay in Mangang Village. Xishuangbanna in southern Yunnan is one of the few places in China that stays warm and pleasant while the rest of the country is blanketed by chilly winter weather....
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