Gadling

Read part 1 of this story here. The automated gates chug and clatter open as a jeep, its windows ribbed with steel, noisily announces its arrival in the tiger park. Without the usual gaggle of tourists to impress, the occupants of a neighbouring ...

A few weeks ago, we told you about the World's Highest Swings. Spotlighting swings in Zambia, New Zealand, and South Africa, the swings we mentioned all involved substantial free falls and wide, pendulous arcs. However, it appears that the Chinese ...

I'm going to directly quote the words of Gadling reader Sean who responded to Wednesday's Where on Earth contest with the following: Well, the polluted sky, vehicles, and signs say it's in China. The architecture of the left-side building means ...

A few months ago I traveled to Harbin, the northernmost large metropolitan in China (close to the Russian border) to do some digging around at the world's largest tiger farm. The resulting 2,500 word story appeared in Nature, but alas, it's behind a ...

On a nondescript street near downtown Harbin, the Double Mountain Local Products Wholesale Center offers the usual array of kitsch items stripped from the wilderness: deer antlers, pelts and dried starfish. A request for tiger wine, a traditional ...

I recently spent a day in Shenyang, a huge metropolis in northwestern China above Beijing. It has been far overshadowed by superstars like Shanghai, Hong Kong, and even upstarts like Chengdu. When it comes to Shenyang, I think there's good reason why ...