Strange food

Panda's in the Smog

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November 6th 2014
Chengdu Nothing is as sad as withering trees in a city. It's end of october. The plane-trees in the streets of Chengdu are losing their leaves. But there is something strange. The usual autumn colors are missing. Instead the leaves are covered with a layer of greyish dust. Actually the whole city is wrapped in a greyish dust. The grubby skyscrapers at the end of the street are hardly ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more