Chongqing, China’s ‘8D’ City Where Trains Cut Through Buildings and Maps Give Up

Trains that pass through apartment towers, rooftops that double as public squares, and streets that defy all logic: this is China’s most surreal city.

The Secret of China’s Rainbow Mountains: 100 Million Years Painted in Stone

Red, yellow, green, and violet without a single artificial pigment: this is what is truly behind it.

China Turned the World’s Deadliest Desert Into a Carbon Sink

The Taklamakan was known as the “Sea of Death.” China’s Great Green Wall just changed that.

The Terracotta Warriors of Xi’an: Secrets of the Eternal Army Guarding China’s First Emperor

Alongside Beijing and Shanghai, the Chinese city of Xi’an, in Shaanxi province, ranks among China’s top tourist destinations. Visitors are drawn by the majestic Mausoleum of the Terracotta Warriors, about an hour’s drive from Xi’an, to explore the legacy of one of history’s most powerful empires. In 1974, while digging a well during a severe […]

Wangxian, China’s Most Surreal Valley

Amid misty cliffs and soaring peaks, Wangxian emerges as China’s most dreamlike destination.