Old man of the Great Wall
Meet the 72 year old who walked the Great Wall of China with me…
The Shennong Stream
Folk songs and boat men on a tributary of the Yangtze River…
Emin Minaret, Turpan
Emin Minaret near Turpan, Xinjiang, China
Photo of the week: Cutting cloth at Turpan market
Every picture tells a story…
Giant Buddha of Bingling Si
1000 Buddha Caves and giant Maitreya Buddha statue at Bingling Si…
Tashkurgan’s stone fortress
An ancient fortress at an important crossroads on the Silk Road…
Khan Atlas “Uyghur silk fit for a king…”
Khan Atlas – How the Uyghur community in Hotan manufactory their famous silk fabrics and carpets…
What is the Tajik word for ‘vegetarian’?
Or how to confuse two Tajik girls in a restaurant in Tashkurgan…
Great Mosque of Xi’an… Islamic worship the Chinese way…
Two cultures combine to create a beautiful place of worship for Xi’an’s muslim Hui community…
Help… do you read Chinese!
Can you help me work out the temple in Huangzhou and tell me what the Chinese character means?