Tourism is back in Southeast Asia, with a conspicuous absence
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.
Thomas Bird
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.
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The Last Train to Canton?
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.
22 years later, Chinese ‘bird bible’ gets a reboot
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.
Make China visible again: Exploring ‘Rooms Within China’
A new photo book, "Rooms Within China," features 100 photographs by 20 renowned contemporary Chinese photographers.
Life after China: Catching up with Mark Kitto
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."
Documenting China’s U.S. Capitol-inspired buildings
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."
Album ‘Both’ fuses ancient Chinese culture with contemporary sounds
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.
‘One Thousand Families’: Intimate portraits of Chinese lives during coronavirus
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.
In Lianzhou, China’s edgiest photography festival turns 15
Since the very first edition of the Lianzhou International Photo Festival in 2005, people have been predicting its demise. And yet this annual event persists...
The Big Picture: The eco-conscious photography of Duzi
“Science can help us understand the facts, but art communicates them in a way that gets people really talking.” The 2017 Lishui Photography Festival 丽水摄影节 in...