China
China
28/02/2013 13:38
You can’t ignore China: more than a country, it’s a civilization, and one that has continuously recycled itself, not much perturbed by outsiders, for three millenia. Its script reached perfection in the Han dynasty, two thousand years ago, and those stone lions standing sentinel outside sleek new...
Shanghai
28/02/2013 13:36
Hong Kong on steriods is an apt description of present day Shanghai.
After years of stagnation, the great metropolis of Shanghai (上海, shànghăi) is undergoing one of the fastest economic expansions the world has ever seen. Nearly a third of China’s exports come from the area and it attracts almost a...
Beijing
28/02/2013 13:35
The brash modernity of Beijing (北京, běijīng; the name means “Northern Capital”) comes as a surprise to many visitors. Crisscrossed by freeways, spiked with high-rises, this vivid metropolis is China at its most dynamic. For a thousand years, the drama of China’s imperial history was played out...