Inspiring Story of Amanda de Lange: Founder of Starfish Foster Home in Xi'an, China In 2007 I was asked to start leading tours to China. I had been there once in 1995 and found the country to be on the move and extremely interesting. Never [...]
A Hidden Gem: The Longji Rice Terraces It was about five years ago I went to China and stayed in a little village in the south for six weeks. The village was just outside of Guilin, in Guangi Providence. My friends ask me if I [...]
Match Making in 21st Century China Matchmaking Near the Forbidden City In China near the Forbidden City along the moat that surrounds the Imperial City walls is a plaque at the base of a grove of Cyprus trees that marks the spot where David O. [...]
Celebrating Spring Festival in China: A Personal Experience of the Lunar New Year Tradition Chengdu, China: Ever since I have been coming to China as a Tour Director people have ask me if I have ever been to their biggest holiday, Spring Festival. I got [...]
Eating out in China can be a different experience than eating out in America. Two of my favorite dishes to have when I go out and eat are Chinese hot pot and barbeque. Chinese hot pot is like a fondue pot but instead of oil [...]
How many times in life are our dreams shattered because we think we can’t do something? For the past seven years, I have been a tour director to China, and in a recent group one of the participants was a blind man, Premo Foiannini, who, [...]
YUHONG, China — One of my very good friends told me this spring that her son was going to marry a woman he met in China while learning Chinese in Beijing. They would be marrying in China on May 31, 2008, and celebrating with a [...]
Beijing, China: China has become a part of American everyday life but most of us do not know too much about China and their life and culture. It has been my opportunity to travel to China for the past ten years. Every trip I gain [...]
The world's biggest holiday begins on January 31 and ends on February 15. Anyone who has traveled to Asia during the Lunar New Year will be aware of this huge holiday. My first experience of it was when I was in Hawaii years ago. I [...]
BEIJING , China — The story that I have to share is one of the most incredible stories I have ever seen in my travels. In Beijing there is a place called the Temple of Heaven . It is an ancient temple that thousands of tourists [...]
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