Murmuring an unbroken stream of prayers, and focused intently on a scarlet and silver monastery bathed in morning light and incense smoke, four Tibetan women fell to their hands and knees in succession. They laid face down before standing up to clasp their hands in prayer for their three hundredt...

If you were to ask the average expat if they have visited many places in China, they are likely to shake their head and say: "Nah, just Suzhou and Hangzhou." What exactly is wrong with these neighboring cities that would make people so dismissive? True, these places in Jiangsu Province...

Contrary to my expectations, it turns out Huangshan isn't just about its famous mountains. I discovered you can spend a day climbing the mountains and a day descending them, but there's also a day or two's worth of sightseeing in the surrounding area. The main attractions are the Huangshan Grotto...

Nanjing-meaning 'southern capital'-has served as the captial of China during several historical periods and remains the capital of Jiangsu province today. Unfortunately, it is also synonymous with the massacres and atrocities committed by Japanese troops and recounted in Iris Chang's Rape of Nank...

A Buddhist monk shaves the head of a man to prepare him for a ceremony to be ordained as a monk at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, central China's Henan Province, May 25, 2007. A total of 600 men became Shaolin monks after going through 28 days' Buddhist discipline. [CFP]

Everything happening to China today is happening in Yangshuo, and it seems far removed from the provincial and rural life of a generation ago. This small, sprawling community is experiencing an influx of new residents as well as tourists, drawn by job growth, the brisk trade in home building, and...

Walls -at first glance just brick and mortar - contain untold stories of the past. With Prison Break fever spreading through China, many people have become curious about life bind bars. A visit to prisons of the past might be enough to satisfy human curiosity. Shockingly, it seems many prison...

Located in eastern China's Shandong Province, Qufu is a quaint, rural Chinese town with an ancestral temple, a forest cemetery, and the mansion of a family clan that did rather well in Chinese history: the Kong clan. On the face of things, that hardly makes the town stand out, but it is the Kong...