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The Great British Tea Heist
Botanist Robert Fortune traveled to China and stole trade secrets of the tea industry, discovering a fraud in the process
March 09, 2010 |
By Sarah Rose
Demolishing Kashgar's History
A vital stop on China's ancient Silk Road, the Uighur city of Kashgar may lose its old quarter to plans for "progress"
March 2010 |
By Joshua Hammer
Tai Shan Will Return to China
The panda who has the distinction of being the first surviving cub born at the National Zoo will be returning to China
December 04, 2009 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Terra Cotta Soldiers on the March
A traveling exhibition of China's terra cotta warriors sheds new light on the ruler whose tomb they guarded
July 2009 |
By Arthur Lubow
The Legends Behind the Dragon Boat Festival
Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, Duanwu Jie honors storied history with culinary treats
May 15, 2009 |
By Jeninne Lee-St. John
Dancing for Mao
A photograph of a 5-year-old girl made her famous in China—and haunted the man who took it
May 2009 |
By Jennifer Lin
Endangered Site: Xumishan Grottoes, China
This collection of ancient Buddhist cave temples date back to the fifth and tenth centuries, A.D.
March 2009 |
By Lyn Garrity
Mao Zedong: King of Kitsch
With Mao-abilia everywhere, the "Great Helmsman" may have done more for the Chinese people in death than in life
March 2009 |
By Bill Brubaker
Macau Hits the Jackpot
In just four years, this 11-square-mile outpost on the coast of China eclipsed Las Vegas as gambling's world capital
September 2008 |
By David Devoss
The Great Wall of China Is Under Siege
China’s ancient 4,000-mile barrier, built to defend the country against invaders, is under renewed attack
August 2008 |
By Brook Larmer
A Yankee in China
William Lindesay follows the trail of forgotten traveler, William Edgar Geil, the first man to traverse the Great Wall of China.
August 01, 2008 |
By Megan Gambino
China’s Artistic Diaspora
For sixty years, upheavals in Chinese politics have not only remade the country’s economy–they have remade Chinese art
May 02, 2008 |
By Christina Larson
Snapshot: Hong Kong, China
A forward-thinking city with ancient traditions
April 15, 2008 |
By Lisa Lubin
Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne
The concubine who became China’s last empress
March 01, 2008 |
By Amanda Bensen
Forbidden No More
As Beijing gets ready to host its first Olympics, a veteran journalist returns to its once-restricted palace complex
March 2008 |
By Paul Raffaele
Snapshot: Yangtze River
A virtual vacation along China's mighty waterway
September 01, 2007 |
By Whitney Dangerfield
China Rising
Rediscover five articles published between May 2002 and May 2006 that reveal another side of the emerging superpower
February 01, 2007 |
By Smithsonian magazine
