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Chicago, Illinois

Ping Tom Memorial Park

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.
Queens, New York

Bodhi Village

Get to know the plant-based fare of Chinese Buddhist monks.
A female Tibetan macaque breastfeeds an infant.
monkeys

In Tibetan Macaques, Females Rule the Roost

In matters of grooming and moving, these primates defer to the ladies.
Lee Alan Dugatkin June 4, 2024
An aerial view of a villager spreading corn grains to dry on the ground at Heixi town in Chongqing, China.
books

Feast on 2,000 Years of Chinese Culinary History

Fuchsia Dunlop's 'Invitation to a Banquet' is a delicious tour de force.
Diana Hubbell November 7, 2023
Some 5,000 Ohlone Tribe members were buried in unmarked graves in San Francisco's Mission Dolores Cemetery. Today, many of those graves have been paved over and forgotten.
cemeteries

Honoring the Thousands of Forgotten Souls Buried Beneath San Francisco

Experts estimate some 50,000 people are buried beneath the sprawling metropolis.
Shoshi Parks September 28, 2023
Valladolid, Mexico

Casa China

A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.
The Cizhong Church was rebuilt in 1914 after the original one was burnt down by local Buddhists.
Cizhong, China

Cizhong Village

This Tibetan and Naxi village's Honey Rose wine bears the mark of 19th-century French missionaries.
Koytili hamsei, or sheep tongue salad.
Tokyo, Japan

Silk Road Tarim Uyghur Restaurant

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.
A statue of Lu Xun, known as "The Father of Modern Chinese Literature," at his namesake park.
Shanghai, China

Lu Xun Memorial Park

The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.
Home tastes like “Chinese food. And sometimes Mexican food,” said Taylor Holliday and Fongchong Havighurst of Mala Market.
art

How the Chinese Diaspora Feeds Itself, in 100 Dazzling Illustrations

What does home taste like?
Sam Lin-Sommer August 5, 2022
Seattle, Washington

Seattle Chinese Garden

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.
Reloj Chino
Mexico City, Mexico

Reloj Chino (Chinese Clock)

This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.
Rotterdam, Netherlands

New Ocean Paradise

A condensed piece of China floating in a Dutch harbor.
The garden's replica of the Aiwan Pavilion.
Saint Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul-Changsha China Friendship Garden

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.
The Shilin scenic zone in Yunnan Province is a popular destination for tourists.
geology

What Candy Can Teach Us About the Origin of Mysterious Stone Forests

A stunning geological phenomenon, sweetly explained.
Luke Fater September 21, 2020
Berthold Laufer's cylinders: one row for vocals, the other for instruments.
museums

Do These Tubes Hold the Oldest Known Stereo Recordings?

In 1901, a traveling researcher recorded some Chinese opera, and accidentally made music history.
Matthew Taub July 15, 2020
The Xu Zhimo Memorial.
Cambridge, England

Xu Zhimo Memorial

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.
Items that did not suffer significant damage were sent back to the museum to be reboxed.
museums

The Aftermath of a Fire at the Museum of Chinese in America's Archives

Staff are hopeful after the first recovery effort found 150 boxes in a salvageable state.
Sabrina Imbler January 31, 2020