On October 9, 2000, five explorers set out in the middle of the world’s fifth-largest desert, the Taklimakan, as a team to walk the entire length of the Ming dynasty Great Wall of China. After a few weeks, winter set in and the terrain was covered in snow. By March the following year as winter […]
Mr. Ma came to our office to teach us the traditional craft of Chinese egg carving. This involved the laborious process of drawing, in pencil, the character “fu” (“prosperity) on a hallowed egg, then using a blade to slowly chisel away the peel of the egg. While at first frustrating, each of us eventually […]
Hong Kong has long – unfairly in my opinion – been dismissed by many as a destination dominated by business or conference travelers. Now officially a part of China, the world’s largest art market, but with regulations and red tape much more easily navigated than on the mainland, the city is really stepping up […]
Travel is important because it fundamentally transforms us. Sometimes, that includes the literal sense. It was over 11 years ago that my love of foreign films led me to a class on Chinese Cinema. Much of the coursework focused on the works of China’s Fifth Generation filmmakers, but the one film that struck me visually […]
