Chengdu Living

It’s a hard life out in the countryside, but someone has to do it. For the next few weeks I’ll share with you the community living outside of Chengdu in Flower Town, a harmonious mixture of farmer, worker, artist and dreamer.

Sometimes the hustle and bustle of the city can get overwhelming. Fortunately you can get away from it all by basking in the lush and peaceful surroundings of “Flower Town” just 30 minutes outside of Chengdu.

You might not know it, but just outside of Chengdu, some of the best green teas in the world are grown on mountains shrouded in fog.

Looking down over Chengdu’s roadscape is no longer a luxury reserved for tenants of high-rise apartments. Now anyone on foot can enjoy a view of the street from Chengdu’s brand new pedestrian overpass system.

Professional gamers from over 70 countries collide in Chengdu with millions of RMB at stake. The four day long Grand Finals of the World Cyber Games, in pictures.

Over recent years there’s been a debate over the prevalence of fake eggs. After some research, I’m prepared to tell you that if you’re eating eggs in China, you should know about this.

Having just been officially released on China Unicom, a lot of questions remain about iPhone and the numerous options that are available. Find the answers inside!

After four years of construction, the first line of the Chengdu subway will be opening in 2010. We check out how the construction is going and what it means for Chengdu, a city getting increasingly choked by auto traffic.