Zhang Lijia meets a writer/traveler fascinated with the Great Wall, who tells the eye-opening story of his journey along the wall from the desert to the sea.
Zhang Lijia meets a writer/traveler fascinated with the Great Wall, who tells the eye-opening story of his journey along the wall from the desert to the sea.
At just over 42 kilometers, it's the same length as any other marathon. But there was one big difference about a recent race on the outskirts of Beijing – it was run on the Great Wall of China. Here's Tom Mackenzie.
Comprising more than 70 bands, the First Great Wall Tanglewood Forest Music Festival played out this August. Kelda Yuen goes backstage to meet the artists and the organizers.
Deforestation in developing countries is a well publicized occurrence, but what's less well known is that China is planting more trees than the rest of the world combined.
It looks green on the surface, but could this massive project be doing more harm than good?
Andrew Livingstone breaches the Great Green Wall of China.
Caitlin discovers a new side to the Great Wall when she visits The Commune, an impossibly chic boutique hotel favored by China's rich and famous. One day at The Commune changes the way she thinks about China.