Beijing rewards timing. Seasons swing from crisp and gold to hot and sticky to freeze-your-eyelashes cold. Pick well and the city feels generous and easy. Pick…

Bad news: don’t expect a quick and simple resolution to your China travel visa, unless you get really lucky. The clock you’re racing is administrative, not athletic. Alongside…

China does big hospitality with precision. Think Ming-era courtyards hiding spa cinemas, glass boxes cantilevered over harbours, and riverside sanctuaries…

If you want to eat soup dumplings in Shanghai at lunch and be back in Beijing for a late show, you ride the trains. China has built the most extensive high-speed…

The Great Wall is not one place but a stitched-together spine of stone and tamped earth that runs for thousands of kilometers across northern China. Treat…