Jingdezhen (Jǐngdézhèn 景德镇)|Jǐngdézhèn 景德镇 (Jingdezhen)
Ellen HUANG As early as the sixth century CE, the city of Jingdezhen produced ceramics. It went on to specialize
Sanxingdui (Sānxīngduī 三星堆)|Sānxīngduī 三星堆 (Sanxingdui)
Yan SUN Sculpted bronze heads with gilded masks from the Sanxingdui Museum. The sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui site, accidentally
Dazhai (Dàzhài 大寨)|Dàzhài 大寨 (Dazhai)
SHAO Xiaorong A small rural community in northern China, Dazhai was known as Mao’s model village. Acclaimed for its transformation
Tainan (Táinán Shì 台南市)|Táinán Shì 台南市 (Tainan)
Scott SIMON Tainan, the oldest Chinese settlement on Taiwan, is the island’s fourth-largest city. Tainan is an important center of
Guangzhou (Canton) (Guǎngzhōu 广州)|Guǎngzhōu 广州 (Guangzhou (Canton))
Keith A. LEITICH Guangzhou (Canton) has been an economic center for centuries. The city, with its liberal economic policies, has
Xi’an (Xī’ān 西安)|Xī’ān 西安 (Xi’an)
Bent NIELSEN Xi’an is the modern capital of Shaanxi Province, but the Xi’an area has a legacy dating back thousands
Kao-hsiung (Gāoxióng 高雄)|Kao-hsiung (Gāoxióng 高雄)
Bent NIELSEN Kao-hsiung, Taiwan’s second-largest city, was founded during the Ming dynasty. The city has Asia’s biggest oil refinery and
Nanjing (Nánjīng 南京)|Nánjīng 南京 (Nanjing)
Robert John PERRINS Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province. The city for a while was the capital of the
Lhasa (Lāsà 拉萨)|Lāsà 拉萨 (Lhasa)
Michael KOWALEWSKI A view of the Potala Palace at Lhasa from below. PHOTO BY JOAN LEBOLD COHEN. Lhasa, as capital
Hangzhou (Hángzhōu 杭州)|Hángzhōu 杭州 (Hangzhou)
Teh-Kuang CHANG The multistoried Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou, reconstructed in 1165 after the original was destroyed in warfare in 1121,