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Hainan

TRAVEL

Something to Celebrate: Little-Known Chinese Festivals for Spring (and Other Seasons)

The tropical island of Hainan offers a plethora of ancient and modern holidays not often celebrated in the rest of the country

The Editors

April 24, 2023

FOOD

Mistaken Identity: The Chinese Cuisine with Misunderstood Origins

From Lanzhou lamian to Hangzhou xiaolongbao: Pack your compass and your cutlery as we carve up Chinese foods with mistaken place of origin

Hatty Liu

March 6, 2023

TRAVEL

How Covid Left Me Stranded in Hainan

My trip to Hainan province was meant to be an island escape, but turned into another Covid-19 debacle

Nicoco Chan

Aug. 11, 2022

LIFE

Gone Ashore: Inside the Vanishing World of China’s “Sea Nomads”

How three generations of a family gradually gave up riding the waves off Hainan’s coast

Renjian the Livings & Nathaniel J. Gan

March 16, 2022

FOOD

A Bite of Hainan

Hainan cuisine is rich in flavor and history

Hatty Liu

March 31, 2021

HISTORY

The Land of Exiles

Banished literati who made Hainan’s history

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 8, 2021

TRAVEL

Ocean Breeze and Ease: Beaches and Islands

A tour of Sanya from our latest book, “Hainan: Jade Cliffs to Ocean Paradise”

Sam Davies

Jan. 2, 2021

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Life on Water

A journey to the salt fields and “floating” fishing villages of Hainan

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Nov. 25, 2020

TWOC in Hainan

Reasons to buy Hainan: Jade Cliffs to Ocean Paradise, TWOC’s new guide to China’s southernmost province

The Editors

Sept. 10, 2020

NEWS

Viral Week Ep. 212

Doctors rap, bad delivery, child swims across strait, and a lifesaving song—it’s Viral Week

The Editors

Aug. 19, 2019

FILM

MEG-a Smash

Successful shark movie signals new wave of Chinese-American co-productions

Emily Conrad

Aug. 17, 2018

FOOD

Coconut Country

A day in Dongjiao, the Hainan community where a single fruit is the source of everything

Hatty Liu

July 13, 2018

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