Thomas Bird is an itinerant writer focused on East Asia. He has contributed to several guidebooks, including The Rough Guide To China. His writing has been printed in a host of publications, including SCMP, Geographical Magazine, and the Guardian. He likes train travel, craft beer, and the teachings of Zhuangzi.
"It was when I looked back at my Great Wall life story that I realized, in so many places, it was the fact that I hung on by the skin of my teeth when there seemed like all hope was gone, well, that is the reason why I’m still here today."
American Bruce Humes has been translating Chinese for more than two decades, specializing in literature by non-mainstream authors. One of his defining works — a translation of Chi Zijian’s award-winning "The Last Quarter of the Moon" — has just received a re-release from Penguin Random House.
Pre-COVID, Chinese travelers were a reliable stream of revenue for Thailand's multi-billion-dollar tourism industry. While international travelers have returned, the Chinese have not.
Despite competition from rail, road, and river, the through train remained the most comfortable and efficient means of getting between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, bridging the two major Cantonese-speaking cities.
Chinese bird watchers swear by "A Field Guide to the Birds of China," originally published in Chinese in 2000 by John MacKinnon, with illustrations by Karen Phillipps. The book has finally received a long-overdue update.
A new photo book, "Rooms Within China," features 100 photographs by 20 renowned contemporary Chinese photographers.
He's been a soldier, a metals trader, a publisher, a hotelier, and now an actor. "I’m a firm believer that you’ve got one life and you’ve got to live it," Mark Kitto says. "I don’t think I ever wanted to be a one-track career person."
Starting in June 2019, photographer Wu Guoyong began traveling across China to piece together a strange collection of photographs: buildings inspired by the U.S. Capitol Building. He calls the series "China's White House."
The artistic duo Wang Meng and Yu Miao have created one of the unlikeliest albums of the year, "Both," which attempts to bring ancient Chinese traditions into the realm of contemporary electronica.
The “One Thousand Families” series, featuring portraits of Chinese families, tries to capture a sense of how people are faring during the COVID-19 epidemic. In the eyes of the masked subjects, we see boredom, resilience, anxiety, love, anger, and humor.