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Why You Should Visit Xinjiang

October 22, 2014by Joanna James Leave a comment

The adjective most commonly applied to Xinjiang* is “restive”. After a series of recent attacks attributed to the region’s Uyghur separatists, it was with some trepidation back in June that […]

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China
Buns, Cheung Chau

Nice Buns! Cheung Chau Bun Festival

May 8, 2014by Joanna James 2 Comments

I stand corrected. After four years living on Cheung Chau and almost four years of telling people that it was kind-of-lame and best avoided, I’ve finally done the Cheung Chau […]

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China

One year on…

January 24, 2014by Joanna James 1 Comment

When I started the Little Yak blog in August 2012, I really didn’t know what I wanted to say – it took me until January 2013 to work up to […]

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Yakety Yak

“Ladder Fields”: Where to see China’s rice terraces?

January 21, 2014by Joanna James 9 Comments

In southern China, where there are hills, there are rice terraces. These “ladder fields”, as they’re called in Chinese (梯田, tītián) snake across hillsides from Fujian to Yunnan, cut into thousands […]

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China

The Last Town in Sichuan

December 23, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

The town of Manigango sits astride a crossroad in north-west Sichuan. Turn right here, and an ancient dirt road will lead you into Sichuan’s extreme northwest, the birthplace of Tibetan […]

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China

The Case of the Lost-and-Found Passport

December 8, 2013by Joanna James 5 Comments

{In which my guests and I leave Chengdu on the journey that will take us to Lhasa:} While driving through rush-hour Chengdu bears more than a passing resemblance to piloting a […]

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China, People

Paperwork Pains

December 3, 2013by Joanna James 2 Comments

The post-trip dust of mystery receipts and cryptic notes-to-self (‘It [what?!] starts at 4,650m’  and ‘Watch out for… [illegible scrawl]‘) has finally settled. When I’m leading a journey, the adventure is […]

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China, People, Yakety Yak

Radio Silence Imminent

November 11, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

All is well in cloudy Chengdu, my guests having thus far braved Chinese domestic flights, temporary driving license applications, and weapons-grade hotpot. Tomorrow the actual hijinks begin… Unlike my adventures […]

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China, People

Rainclouds and Snowstorms

November 4, 2013by Joanna James 2 Comments

First for the rainclouds… It’s been a wet afternoon here in Hong Kong. Earlier, as I squeezed my way through the forest of head-height umbrellas that lined a crowded section […]

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China, Yakety Yak
The Bund, 2001

5 Photos: From the Archives

October 31, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Last week, as I sat in a hotel in Burgundy overlooking acres of vineyards and writing about the Karakoram Highway, I realised the strangeness of writing about China regardless of my […]

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China

Freewheeling with Nirwan Moktan

October 27, 2013by Joanna James 1 Comment

On April 1 this year, Nirwan Moktan set off to cycle from Hong Kong to his hometown in Nepal. On his 6,000-kilometre journey home, he passed through many of my […]

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People
Cloves in Jiangcheng Market, Yunnan

A Call to Doctor Ho

October 7, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

I recently found myself in the awkward position of having to call someone to ask whether they were still alive or not. The man in question, Doctor Ho, and I […]

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People

Teatime in China

October 2, 2013by Joanna James 2 Comments

Like many British people, I come from a family of tea-drinkers – black tea with milk, please, served after meals or with biscuits and cake. In the past, I’ve tended […]

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Food, People
Beans! Yunnan

Pigs have nipples too

September 29, 2013by Joanna James Leave a comment

Earlier this year I bought a kilo of pork belly in order to make some zhajiang – a satisfyingly salty pork-based sauce that’s popular served with noodles in Beijing. As I unwrapped […]

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Food

Great Markets of Northwest China 2: Fat-Bottomed Sheep

July 8, 2013by Joanna James 1 Comment

As she walks past, her bottom jiggling with each step, the men’s heads turn and their eyebrows rise appreciatively. A wolf whistle would not be out of place, although nobody […]

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China, People

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