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Xishuangbanna
Preface The plane touched down in Beijing with a roar, and I woke up in deep exhaustion, my arms and legs aching. But in the dream I'd just left behind, there w...
Xishuangbanna
When most of northern China is buried under cold waves and snow, Xishuangbanna, tucked away in the far southwest corner of the country, stays warm and breezy, w...
![That year, on a ten-thousand-li self-driving tour through Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, I stood by the Li River in Guilin, Guangxi ▏A practical guide for a self-driving trip to Guilin, Guangxi ▏[June 2021]](/uploadfile//2026/0918/20260918_155c01566c.jpg)
Guilin
A ten-thousand-li self-driving tour through Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangsu—I stood by the Li River in Guilin, Guangxi ▏A practical guide for...
Shenzhen
On this gloomy September afternoon, I want to escape the restless city. I decide to head to the seaside, watch the sunset, and let the autumn sea breeze clear m...
Jiuzhaigou
This trip was decided on a whim after a few drinks, so much so that when I woke up the next morning, I half wondered if it had all been a joke. Still, there was...
Ever since the high-speed rail opened between Chengdu and Xi'an, I've found myself going back to this city again and again. I'd heard for years that Xi'an pulls...
I’d already been to Mount Emei more than once or twice, but it was Because of *Only Mount Emei* that I decided to go again—and this time, I brought my daughter ...
Prologue Mentioning Mount Emei always brings to mind Li Bai's poem: "Half a wheel of autumn moon over Mount Emei, its shadow cast into the calm waters of t...
There's nothing quite like that rush of excitement before a trip—and this time was no different. I've been back home for a while now, but I still haven't fully ...