The Ikuta Shrine in Kobe. China Daily will come out with a series of stories highlighting Chinese cities' special connections with sister cities, mutual understanding, trust and friendship between peoples of different countries and cultural backgrounds, and shining light on "city diplomacy". As the former representative of Kobe in Tianjin, Takahashi sees a story rooted in their shared history — …
A scene from The Forever Walk: China, which depict explorer Paul Salopek's treks in Lijiang, Yunnan province. National Geographic explorer Paul Salopek has just hiked across Erlang Mountain in Southwest China's Sichuan province, tracing the trails of vanished tea porters on the mountain that is 3,437 meters above sea level. Salopek, from the United States, is an explorer and writer …
