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Dancing for the Dead: Stumbling Across a Tujia Funeral
A chance encounter with the Tujia ethnic group’s funeral practices in south-central China
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Explicit Carving in Yunnan’s Mountains Confuses Scholars
A mysterious and unique carving of female genitalia in a Buddhist grotto has served as a place of worship for centuries
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The Family Mansion at the Heart of Yunnan’s Modern History
How the Zhu clan became one of the richest and most powerful families in all Yunnan from their business base in Jianshui
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Rediscovering Henan’s Forgotten Imperial Tombs
An artist’s pilgrimage to find relics of the Northern Song in rural China
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On the Tracks of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway
Yunnan's French colonial connections lives on in the old train station at Bisezhai
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The Japanese Temple Left to Rot in Northeast China
In Changchun, Jilin province, a cultural relic remains in disrepair despite decades of attempts at restoration
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One Woman’s Solo Road Trip Inspires a Generation
Su Min left an abusive husband and the monotony of routine life to seek freedom and happiness on the open road
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How Hangzhou Helped Jack Ma Build a Digital Empire
Hangzhou has birthed some of China's biggest tech companies
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2021: A Mars Camp Odyssey
As China’s space program sets its sights on the Red Planet, a barren desert in Qinghai is becoming an oasis for simulated space travel
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The Ebb and Flow of the Grand Canal
How the Grand Canal turned Hangzhou from a backwater into one of the richest cities in the world
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