In about 2014, Crown spent USD$21 million to make this 1 minute and 30 second television ad featuring one of China’s most popular actors. It ran in mainland China…. for all of 4 days before disappearing.
I want to propose a pathway to a more sustainable and stronger relationship with China: once the pandemic is over, we all need to take a holiday to the Middle Kingdom. Yes, it might be radical, but hear me out. Australians’ trust in China has dropped to a historical low of 23 per cent. The COVID-19…
It started with a 5-hour delay and a very pissed off passenger (me). It ended in Malaysian Airlines facing its plane being seized by the bailiff. The background I was flying from Perth to Hong Kong via Kuala Lumpur. The connection was conveniently short – 1 hour and 30 minutes. But then my flight out…
Chongqing presents: Foreigner Street, featuring a decrepit chairlift, the hint of a bear infestation and a concert where the performers outnumber the audience. Perhaps the strangest place I’ve ever been to.
China is a land that is obsessed with rules. Perhaps it stems from its communist roots. Perhaps rule-making is just something to occupy its overactive bureaucracy.
Travelling China as a foreigner is about embracing the craziness. My overnight train journey from Xi’An to Chengdu is a template for a fun evening.
You’ve probably never heard of Tianjin. And that’s probably for the best because it must be one of the world’s most boring cities.
Apparently, it’s illegal to camp on the Great Wall. So you definitely shouldn’t do it. But if you did, read on to see how much fun you would have.
When I moved to China, I thought I’d be adopting some bizarre culturally-appropriate sport – dragon-boat racing perhaps. As it happens, AFL is alive and well in the distant corners of our region.
So there we were: late afternoon, sitting at a desolate checkpoint somewhere in the far-flung Chinese province of Xinjiang. A few stray dogs and some confused Chinese policemen kept us company. How did we get into this mess? And where was that damn lake?
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