The Feng Shui Skyscrapers of Hong Kong
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 9, 2016
In Hong Kong, a city with one of the most beautiful skyline , the plan and design of a building is determined as much as by architects and e...
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The Urban Villages of China
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2016
Over the last four decades, China has experienced rapid urban growth and massive rural to urban migration. Between the late seventies to the...
Chinese Village Builds Giant Golden Statue of Mao Zedong
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2016
Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, was a controversial figure. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military s...
Asia’s Largest Man-Made Waterfall Opens in China
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2016
The largest man-made waterfall in Asia has opened to the public in Kunming in China’s Yunnan Province. The waterfalls is 12.5 meters high an...
A Daredevil Aerial Walkway Over a Tea Park in China
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 30, 2015
What’s more dangerous than a glass-bottom bridge ? A bridge without a bottom, of course! Such an aerial walkway buttressed by only ropes ha...
Yanweizhou Wetland Park, China
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 29, 2015
Located in the heart of Jinhua City in central Zhejiang province in eastern China, is a natural riparian wetland where the Wuyi River and Yi...
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...
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...
