Slow Train to Dongbei: Three Days Aboard China's Longest Rail Journey

There are few better ways to see a country than from a slow train. And there are few better ways to meet people than being thrown in train carriage full of them.

by Oscar Holland, 14 May 2017

The Art of War: Meet China's New War Correspondents

Reporting from the front line of state media's soft-power drive.

by Oscar Holland, 18 March 2017

Chinese Entries Shine at 2016 iPhone Photography Awards

Six of the 19 award categories were won by photographers from the Chinese Mainland.

by Oscar Holland, 23 September 2016

I Was a Post-Disaster Tourist in Sichuan's Earthquake Villages

That's Beijing's Editor-in-Chief Oscar Holland tours Sichuan's earthquake villages.

by Oscar Holland, 19 August 2016

I Took a Billion-Dollar Cruise Ship with Fan Bingbing

Oscar Holland finds himself in the middle of the Bohai Sea on the world's fourth-largest luxury cruise ship with China's most famous woman.

by Oscar Holland, 15 August 2016

Bikinis, Bronzer and Bodybuilding in China

Gender inequality, drug use and corruption in the peculiar world of Chinese bodybuilding

by Oscar Holland, 23 April 2016

PHOTOS: China's Massive High-Speed Railway Network

Images from German photographer Lukas von Rantzau show the enormity of the 19,000km network.

by Oscar Holland, 31 January 2016

24 Hours of Divine Guidance with the Pocket I Ching App

In which our enterprising writer lets the Pocket I Ching app guide his choices for 24 hours.

by Oscar Holland, 11 January 2016

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