It has been almost 10 years since I cruised the Yangtze River. This was back in 2006, when the Three Gorges Dam project was half-way through completion. Here's my nostalgic account (written in 2006). Now, China’s Three Gorges Dam project has tamed Asia’s longest river.
Cruising the Yangtze River
Our ship, the...
If you haven’t been to the Great Wall of China then it’s worth ticking off your bucket list. As bucket list items go, the Great Wall of China is up there with the best.The historical landmark was built during the Ming Dynasty by Emperor Shih Huang Ti,...
Shades of old Canton hide in the shadows of glittering new Guangzhou in China. This is China's third largest city and a booming metropolis. It's a far cry from the village it once was.In the 1880s, Wesleyan missionary John Turner described Canton’s Shamian Island as "a beautiful island, fronted...
