I spent much of the past 12 years exploring poverty solutions in inhospitable places such as Guizhou province's karsts and the prairies of the planet's "third pole" — the Qinghai- Tibet Plateau.
The 38th World Congress of Poets attracted more than a hundred poets from over 30 countries to Suiyang county, Zunyi city of Guizhou province. The congress took poetry as a media to promote the deep integration of culture and tourism.
In the past, my impression of Guizhou province could be described in just three words - damp, bumpy, poverty-stricken.
In China, when you look out on a seemingly unspoiled vista, it can be easy to forget that the landscape you're admiring may in fact have been inhabited for centuries.
Rare are the places that make you feel like you're surrounded by history. Rarer still are the ones that make history feel immediate and relevant.
Kweichow Moutai, the world’s most valuable liquor brand, is appearing on British cocktail bar menus in an experimental capacity and pundits say it could one day rank as a household name in Europe.
China's Moutai, one of the world's top distilled spirits and the subject of a profound liquor culture handed down for the past hundreds of years, is now finding new fans in South Africa.