Eric Meyer and Laurent Zylberman were the only freelance journalists allowed into Tibet after the 2008 riots which left parts of Lhasa in ruins. They saw the friction between two cultures: police and soldiers patrol the towns, while crowds of Han immigrants pour into the region like new frontier settlers seeking their fortunes. Tibet is going ......
From the yaks which graze at altitudes so high that vegetables cannot grow, and the paradise of Shangri-La; through the flower markets of Kunming, the dramatic tea terraces of Pu-er, and forest floors covered with wild mushrooms; to the tropical south where market stalls brim with brilliant red chillies and shimmering purple eggplants. Yunnan, an ......
In war, you can pretend to be someone you're not. Yet, in war, people find out who you really are. Hong Kong, 1941.
Anglo-Australian civil servant Dominic Sotherly's colonial sojourn in Hong Kong becomes complicated by his double life in both war and love. Enigmatic Englishwoman Gwen ......
Four Long-Distance Trails That Reveal Hong Kong's Wild Places
Jade-green peaks, crashing waves, fung shui woods, rocky harbors and ancient walled villages - only a few miles separate all this from one of the worlds most crowded cities. Four long-distance trails allow access into this scenic landscape.
An Illustrated History of Hong Kong's Top District
The Peak is Hong Kong's top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the bustling business centre of 19th-century Asia? The British wanted relief from summer heat and the Peak was the obvious place to escape it. When the Governor adopted Mountain Lodge as a summer getaway, ......
How a British adventurer became a general in Qing-dynasty China
WilliamMesny jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid thechaos of foreign intrigue and civil war in 19th-century China, hebecame a smuggler, a prisoner of the Taiping rebels, a gun-runner andan instructor in the Chinese military. After five years of fiercefighting in remote Guizhou, Mesny rose to the rank of general andused this ......
33 Unhurried Walks Through Hong Kong's Best Scenery
By any measure, Hong Kong is an impressive city. But there is a world beyond the impatient traffic and chic shopping malls: an older place of soot-blackened temples, traditional street markets and colonial-era museums.
The Ink Trail: Hong Kong offers a selection of his best drawings, from the start of his journey in 2017 to the end of 2023. Step into the world of an ink-pen artist as he guides you around the diverse locations of Hong Kong, offering personal anecdotes, thoughts behind his creative process and more.
Months before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, John Reeves - his career and marriage failing - is posted as British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macao in southern China.
