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Hainan in Transition: A Glimpse into the Pre-Tourism Era (1999-2000)

A Visual Journey of the Recent Past of Hainan Island. Photographs by Matteo Damiani (1999–2000). The images were taken with a low-cost camera, with one … Read more

Sanya Ranks Fourth Among All Trending Destinations on the Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice List

Tripadvisor, the world’s leading travel platform, recently released the 2021 Travelers’ Choice awards. Sanya won the Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Trending Destinations — … Read more

Sanya makes its debut at Matka Nordic Travel Fair in Finland

A Sanya tourism delegation, organized by the Sanya Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports Bureau, attended the Matka Nordic Travel Fair from January 16th to … Read more

China’s Planning to Partially Lift Web Censorship in Hainan

As per usual, troubling news keeps coming out of China about internet censorship. by Eugene Michaels Just a week ago many VPN providers were hit … Read more

Ten nature places to visit in China

China is filled with countless places that enchant visitors, with its mix of an ultramodern metropolis, small villages where little has changed over the centuries, … Read more

Hainan, China’s Hawaii

Hainan (海南), the smallest and southernmost province in China, is an island just across the Gulf of Tonkin from Vietnam. “Hainan” literally means “South of … Read more

China bets on duty-free paradise to keep luxury spenders at home

Sanya, China (Reuters) – China’s efforts to lift local consumption, spur domestic tourism and keep within its borders citizens that splurge in Milan or Seoul have spawned a duty-free paradise on the southern island of Hainan that it hopes will satisfy a lust for luxury.

Koro, shrinking genitals syndrome

Koro, known as a shrinking penis (or testicles, scrotum, or vulva in the case of a female patient), is a folk illness or culture-bound syndrome … Read more

Rare images: the destruction of a Confucian temple triggers the Cultural Revolution

How the Confucian Temple’s Destruction Began China’s Cultural Revolution

How the Cultural Revolution Targeted Confucian Symbols The Tomb of Hai Rui in Haikou on Hainan Island was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution by gangs … Read more

INTERVIEWING DUO DUO, THE POET OF THE CLOUDS

Exclusive interview with Chinese poet Duo Duo (多多, 1951 – ), a prominent exponent of the Chinese Misty Poets (朦胧诗). HAIKOU, 2004/10/11By Fabio Grasselli “Writing … Read more

Spending the Chinese New Year holidays in Sanya isn’t the best idea

Chinese New Year, Chunjie, is approaching fast and hundred of millions of people are moving in China. Many people just try to go home, while … Read more

21 crazy buildings in China

Chinese website 163.com compiled a gallery of the 21 craziest buildings built in recent decades in China. In recent years, cities’ urban development become a … Read more

20 pictures of Traditional Chinese Medicine animal markets (Graphic Content)

This is an explicit report by a Chinese photographer on the abuses against animals in Traditional Chinese Medicine markets scattered in Southern China (Guangxi, Hainan, … Read more

The demolition of the largest slum in Sanya, the desolation of the people

In Sanya, began the demolition of Phoenix Village (Fenghuang Town), a large slum on the outskirts of Sanya, in the tropical island of Hainan, leaving … Read more