“We can joke about this on Monday morning, but until then it is a matter of life and death." -Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City ...

I resigned myself to eating wheat on my trip to Xi'an. Many of the most famous dishes involve bread...and lamb. While in Xi'an, I fo...

I got to see the farmer (or peasant, as they call him here) who discovered the Terracotta Warriors in 1974 when he was digging a well. This ...

The fortifications of Xi'an, which is an ancient capital of China, represent one of the oldest and best preserved Chinese city walls. Co...

My friend Jason challenged me to a "beard off" and when I got back from Xi'an, I found that his Army of One had been shaving r...

Before my thirty-hour train ride to Xi'an, I got an adjustment from a local Chinese medicine practitioner. This involved lighting my bac...

Mount Hua or Hua Shan is the most beautiful place I have been in China, with The Bund in Shanghai a close second. They could not be more di...