5 Unusual Circular Buildings
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2015
Inspired by the symbolism of the circle and the sphere, architects have been designing circular buildings since the ancient times. Round tow...
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Wuzhen: The Ancient Chinese Water Town
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 11, 2015
Located in the center of the six ancient water towns south of Yangtze River, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, Wuzhen is the most beautif...
East Meets West in China’s New Hybrid Building
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 5, 2015
In the past few years, China’s replica business has gone beyond fake Puma shoes and mobile phones. The country is now making headlines with ...
Hukou Waterfall: The Yellow Waterfall
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 30, 2015
The Hukou Waterfall on China’s Yellow River has very modest dimensions. It’s just 30 meters wide, increasing to 50 meters during flood seaso...
The Geographic Center of Asia
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2015
If you were to take the entire continent of Asia and balance it on a pinhead, you would have to put the pin at a place called Kyzyl in Russi...
The Mei-ling Palace of Nanjing Looks Like a Giant Necklace
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 10, 2015
The Mei-ling Palace, located on the top of Xiaohong Hill in eastern Nanjing city, was once the home of China’s former president Chiang Kai-s...
Sansha: A City That Includes Almost an Entire Ocean
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 5, 2015
On July 2012, China announced a new prefecture-level city called Sansha whose seat of administration lies on what it calls Yongxing Island, ...
China Opens Longest Glass-Bottomed Suspension Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2015
Last year, we reported a new attraction in China — a high-altitude glass bottom bridge in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in Pingjiang ...
Sand Mandala: The Tibetan Art of Intricate Sand Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2015
Mandalas are spiritual and ritual symbols in Hinduism and Buddhism that represent the universe. It’s an ancient Sanskrit word that means “ci...
The Betel Nut Beauties of Taiwan
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 22, 2015
Scantily clad young women sitting inside brightly-lit glass kiosks with flashing lights and neon signs are a common sight along Taiwan's...
China’s New Motorway is Built Over Water
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 19, 2015
China has opened a new stretch of road that connects Xingshang County to the Zhaojun Bridge in central China’s Hubei province. A 4-km-long s...
The "Big Oil Bubble", a Chinese Knockoff of Chicago’s Famous “Bean”
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 13, 2015
China’s latest knockoff of a widely recognizable landmark is taking shape in the city of Karmay. It’s a huge shiny, bean-shaped sculpture th...
The Opulent Offices of Harbin Pharmaceuticals
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 11, 2015
Why are prescription drugs so expensive? Here is the answer. A few years ago, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese state-owned ...
China is Building The World's Largest Telescope
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 5, 2015
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico will soon lose its title of the largest single aperture radio telescope ever constructed. The Chines...
The Surreal World of Neutrino Detectors
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 27, 2015
Neutrinos are one of the fundamental particles which make up the universe, but not in the way electrons, protons and neutrons are. These par...
Zheng He’s Enormous Treasure Ships
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2015
Between 1405 and 1433, during the Ming era, Chinese Admiral Zheng He, who was also the court eunuch, commanded seven expeditionary voyages a...
The Sacred Mani Stones of Buddhists
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 4, 2015
There is a particular six-syllable Sanskrit mantra or hymn that’s very sacred among Buddhist. It’s recited as om mani padme hum, which loose...
China’s Air Pollution And Scrapped Vehicles
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 15, 2015
China has been cracking down on high-emission vehicles in an effort to reduce pollution, leading to an increase in the number of recycling c...
An Abandoned Fishing Village on Gouqi Island, China
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2015
Gouqi Island belongs to a group of nearly 400 islands known as Shengsi Islands, and form a part of the Zhoushan Archipelago, located outside...
The Mysterious Lakes of Badain Jaran Desert
Kaushik Patowary
May 5, 2015
The Badain Jaran Desert occupies parts of China and Inner Mongolia covering an area of 49,000 sq. kilometers making it the third largest des...
