Sascha 
Sichuan Cuisine has a hold on me. There was a time when I wasn’t sure why I wanted to eat Beef slices and bamboo shoots in a spicy, peppercorn broth. But those times are over. I know now that it’s all about the love.
Three years ago, Charlie and two friends set out on a daytime motorcycle trip to nearby Qingcheng Shan, one of the birthplaces of Daoism. Chaos ensued as the region was ravaged by a 9.0 earthquake.
Most foreigners in China get the blues every now and then. When this happens to you, try and remember why you came here in the first place and what it is that keeps you here.
I had a tough Christmas break to begin with, as my German parents and Chinese wife struggled to find common ground. It turns out that bridging this cultural gap isn’t so easy, but I learned a few things.
Author Chris Taylor will be in Chengdu this weekend talking about his new novel, Harvest Season, an up close and unforgiving look at life in a town that is moving from traveler’s haven to tourist trap.
Egypt’s revolution united the people behind a single banner: Change. But the factors that brought all those people together were almost all foreign — not the media and not spies per se — but exploitative American politics and headlong Chinese development.