Shanghai Marriage Market
Kaushik Patowary
May 14, 2014
Every Saturday and Sunday, between noon and five in the afternoon, regardless of the weather, the People's Park in Shanghai in China is ...
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The Restaurant Atop Bei Tou Incinerator
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2014
The Bei Tou Incinerator (also spelled as Pei Tou), located in the city of Taipei in Taiwan, is a waste incinerator that burns 1,800 metric t...
Hong Kong’s Outdoor Escalators
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2014
In one of Hong Kong's smartest residential area called Mid-levels, the public is served by an unusual form of transport - the longest ou...
A Dangerous Ropeway in a Chinese Village
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 28, 2014
For the residents of a remote mountain village in Central China’s Hubei Province, the only connection with the outside world is a precarious...
Toilet Bowl Waterfall in Foshan, China
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 22, 2014
Foshan, a city in central Guangdong province in China, has one of the strangest public art - a fountain built out of 10,000 recycled toilets...
The Grand Canyon of Tianshan Mountain
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 19, 2014
These pictures of great sandstone walls were not taken at the Antelope Canyon in Arizona, but rather in Keziliya Mountain, about 70 km north...
Street in China Lined With Fake Shopping Stores
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2014
On a commercial street located near the Wuxi East Railway Station in the city of Wuxi in Jiangsu Province, China, a row of knockoff stores h...
Mesmerizing Beauty of Kanas Lake Nature Reserve
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 26, 2013
Kanas is a nature reserve located in the Altay mountains of northern Xinjiang in China famed for its beautiful natural ecosystem formed by l...
Shenzhen Opens Flashy New Airport Terminal
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 2, 2013
The highly anticipated new terminal at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, Guangdong, China, opened last week. The futuristic buildin...
The Towers of Kaiping
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2013
Throughout Kaiping County in China, are scattered hundreds of fortified multi-storey towers called Diaolou. Built of stone, brick or concret...
7 Ambitious Hydroelectric Power Projects
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2013
Hydropower has been used since ancient times to grind flour, pump water and irrigate fields and perform other tasks. With the discovery of e...
Nanpu Bridge in China
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2013
The Nanpu Bridge across Huangpu river is one of the main bridges in Shanghai, China, and the first cable stayed bridge with a span of over 4...
Chinese Professor Builds Mountain Villa on Top of Apartment
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 15, 2013
A university professor in Beijing, Zhang Lin, has built a mountain villa on the roof of a 26-story apartment block that has gained the title...
Fenghuang - The City Frozen in Time
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 9, 2013
The ancient town of Fenghuang is located in the southwest corner of the west of Hunan province, in China, at the foot of a mountain along th...
Annual Sand Washing Operation at Xiaolangdi Dam on Yellow River
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 28, 2013
These incredible pictures were taken at Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River in Jiyuan, Central China’s Henan province early this month....
7 Highest Cities in the World
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 12, 2013
Like the microscopic bacteria, human beings too have learned to evolve and flourish in extreme conditions – from the scorching heat of the S...
Chinese Beaches Once Again Hit by Invading Algae
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2013
The seas off China have been hit by the largest ever growth of algae. The vast swath of green growth is washing onto the shores of the Yello...
Reed Flute Cave in Guilin, China
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2013
The Reed Flute Cave is a natural cave carved out of the karst limestone mountains over millions of years, and has been one of Guilin’s most ...
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2013
The Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Southern Yunnan, China, covers an immense 16,603-hectares. These spectacular terraces cascade down the slop...
‘Ring of Life’: A 515 Feet Ring of Steel in Fushun, China
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 14, 2013
A new landmark is taking shape in the north-eastern city of Fushun in Liaoning province in China. A gigantic steel loop dubbed the ‘Ring of ...
