Scorching Shanghai
With temperatures approaching 40°C, Shanghai is probably not the best city to visit during…
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Beijing Retrospective: 10 Years Later
2007 I landed in Beijing on January 29th, 2007 on my first trip to…
Traversing Jiankou Great Wall
Almost exactly 10 years after I first arrived in Beijing in 2007 I found myself…
24 hours in Hong Kong
I have a soft spot for Hong Kong, the city that I once called…
Peaches of Immortality
After Christmas…
Master of Nets
On an overcast day in July this year I made a return day trip…
Sha Tin Public Housing Estates
In Hong Kong, public housing has been one of the major government policies since…
Waibaidu Bridge
Back in February I spent Chinese New Year in Shanghai and, having eaten more…
Oi Man Estate in Hong Kong
In the 1950’s Hong Kong had a problem – facing a surge of immigration…
Neon Hong Kong
As long-term readers will know I have a bit of an obsession about the…
China 72-Hour Visa-Free Transit Guide
Yesterday I entered China for the first time without a visa. Considering all the…
The History of Film & Jing’an Villa in Shanghai
Last month I spent a week in Shanghai, just before one of the harshest…