Explore the many amazing World Heritage sites throughout China. View our full blog post for more details.      Imperial Projects (Pre-1368) Beautiful Mountains Religious Carvings Imperial Architecture (1368-1911) Natural Wonders Historic Towns Other Great Wall Taishan Mogao Caves Imperial Palace Jiuzhagou Lijiang Potala Palace Terracotta Warriors Huangshan Dazu Rock Carvings Summer Palace Huanglong Pingyao Confucius Family Mansion Dujiangyan Irrigation System Lushan Longmen Grottoes Imperial Tombs Wulingyuan Suzhou Wudang Temples   Emeishan &  » Read more »

Before the introduction of the engine, trackers were an indispensable feature of transport along the Yangzi. These river people battled daily with the river, providing the muscle to drag 40-100 ton vessels 1500 miles from Shanghai to Chongqing up a series of treacherous gorges and against a current of 6-12 knots. Mostly men, they worked like cattle for 12 hours a day, nine days at a time, to earn enough money to feed themselves poorly and every so often escape to an opium-fueled Elysium.  » Read more »

"The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide." So begins the historical fiction "The Three Kingdoms" with a line as recited by the Chinese Diaspora as "To be or not to be" in the West. These days many Western business schools introduce Eastern strategic thinking through Sun Tzu's treatise, "The Art of War". One imagines that there is no better primer for mediaeval battle. However, for an introduction to the Chinese conception of diplomacy,  » Read more »

If China’s Three Gorges Dam were as large as the controversy surrounding it, this would surely be the biggest dam in the world. Although it is the world’s largest in terms of electrictiy production and overall investment, it is not the biggest dam in the world. A close comparison in terms of size would be the Grand Coulee Dam in the U.S. which is slightly larger. This is not to understate the impact the dam will have on China’s future development in terms of flood control,  » Read more »

The Three Gorges were so named from the late Han dynastic period (23 – 220 AD). This nomenclature groups into a set of three the numerous shoals and gorges of the Yangzi river between Wanxian and Yichang. The Three Gorges are the Qutang Gorge (8km long), the Wuxia Gorge (45km long) and the Xilong (66km long) Gorge. The gorges are as fabled today as they have been throughout the past two millennia.   » Read more »