Category: China and Hong Kong Travel

I spent many years living and working in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a wonderful city to live, work, and be an ex-pat, but like many ex-pats who live in Hong Kong, I do not speak fluent Chinese. ...

In April of each year, a large part of Asia will celebrate a holiday known as Ching Ming (Qing Ming) festival. This holiday is a ceremony where the Asians will go to the ancestor graves. The...

I have traveled to both Mongolia and Tibet. Even though these countries are far apart, they have still many similarities. Both Tibet and Mongolia practice the same form of Buddhism. The...

I have lived and traveled to Hong Kong for many years. During my time there, I have usually found Hong Kong to be a very safe city. Hong Kong is still a relatively safe city, and Hong Kong is...

When you are traveling around China or studying Asian history, it can sometimes be confusing about the difference between the Manchu, Mongol, and Han Chinese ethnic groups of people. They may all...

When I first traveled to China in the mid-1980s, I would sometimes see women hobbling down the street with little tiny feet because their feet have been bound. These little old ladies were almost...