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Photo Essay: Memories of Kashgar
A stunning panorama view of an area the locals call the Shashan and Shahu, or Sandy Mountains and Sandy Lake. When one thinks of China, often the first things that come to mind are pandas, kung fu,...
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Under One Roof with the Moso – Notes from Southwest China
Lijiang. The ancient city’s cobblestone streets stretch back 800 years. I wake to the distant crowing of a dutiful rooster. Fumbling for my watch, I manage to find the one button that matters in the...
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ZhangJiaJie National Forest: The Avatar Mountains in China’s Hunan Province
ZhangJiaJie National Forest Park in China’s Hunan Province has become internationally renown since the release of the 2009 movie Avatar. The movie was filmed in these mountains, more specifically, the...
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Darshan: Amrit Chima’s Novel about a 100-Year Journey Across Continents–Part...
The Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest Sikh place of worship. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons India—the land of Hindu gods, Bollywood, yoga, and software technology parks—was also once a nation...
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What Can We Learn from Bike Share Programs in Beijing and Hangzhou, China?
Beijing’s Newly Installed Bike Share. Source: The People In early 2013, China was home to 79 bike sharing programs, sending some 358,000 public bicycles to cities that mostly rest on the east coast of...
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Untapped Staff Picks: Art from Discarded Objects, Secret Parties in Paris,...
Does this look like it’s the Parisian Eiffel Tower? Take a closer look… Source: The Atlantic Cities and Reuters New York Do you ever feel the need to escape from city life, but don’t actually feel like...
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5 Architectural Holdout Houses Around the World That Stood in the Way of...
Image by Ian C. Bates for The New York Times This week, the famous holdout bungalow in Seattle, likened to the home in the film Up, returned to the news, with The New York Times reporting that the 600...
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Photo Essay: Memories of Kashgar
Uncovering a rarely seen side of China: the frontierlands of Xinjiang. Read More
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Under One Roof with the Moso – Notes from Southwest China
The Moso people of the remote province of Yunnan, China, are one of the last true practicing matrilineal societies of the 21st century. Living along the shores of the majestic Lake Lugu and its...
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ZhangJiaJie National Forest: The Avatar Mountains in China’s Hunan Province
ZhangJiaJie National Forest Park in China’s Hunan Province has become internationally renown since the release of the 2009 movie Avatar. The movie was filmed in these mountains, more specifically, the...
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Darshan: Amrit Chima’s Novel about a 100-Year Journey Across Continents–Part...
In her debut novel Darshan, based loosely on true events, Amrit Chima chronicles one family’s long and arduous road toward salvation while living under oppressive British rule. Read More
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What Can We Learn from Bike Share Programs in Beijing and Hangzhou, China?
Though China is called the "Kingdom of Bicycles", local bike sharing programs are still struggling to survive in this automobile era. Read More
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Untapped Staff Picks: Art from Discarded Objects, Secret Parties in Paris,...
This week, we're linking to pieces on Bloomberg's healthcare policies, secret parties in Paris, and an Eiffel Tower knockoff in China. Read More
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5 Architectural Holdout Houses Around the World That Stood in the Way of...
Five impressive architectural holdouts around the world from the Up house in Seattle, Rockefeller Center, Macy's at Herald Square, China, Tokyo Narita Airport Read More
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