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National Geographic

National Geographic

China Forges Ahead with Ambitious National Park Plan

Driving along a misty road last year, hemmed in by a steep forested ravine, I’m startled to see a 10-foot-ta.l cartoon panda mural suddenly loom ahead, resembling a scene from the film Kung Fu Panda…

 
sidetracked magazine

sidetracked magazine

Path of the Panda

Leeches. Ugh, no more leeches, I thought. Their wriggling, spindle-like bodies were everywhere: dangling off dew-soaked bamboo, clinging tightly to the stems of the underbrush, and slowly inching up my rain pants. The path had long since disappeared...

 
澎湃新闻 (the paper)

澎湃新闻 (the paper)

年保玉则之魂

“不要杀任何东西，除非那是必要的。当你必须要这么做时，用温和的方法。也不能笑。”...

 
sidetracked magazine

sidetracked magazine

Between Heaven and Hell

I looked left. Knife-edge crags dimly wavered back and forth into visibility, mist-blackened precipices plummeted into the abyss under them. Impossible. To the right, the ridge undulated upwards, casting off pieces of crumbling rock towards the glacier...

 
passion passport

passion passport

China's Other Side

For years, I’d been telling my friends that China was the next Nepal or Patagonia, that as long as they knew how to travel, they could reach pristine wildernesses that rival any other trek in the world...

bioGraphic

bioGraphic

A New Hope

Emerald peaks soar above the Angry River Valley, deep in the heart of Yunnan, China’s Gaoligong Mountains National Nature Reserve…

 
澎湃新闻 (the paper)

澎湃新闻 (the paper)

跟着巡山队进入川西鞍子河，行走于看不见的“熊猫之路

数不清的蚂蟥！天！别再多了，我默默祈祷着。到处蠕动着这种纺锤状的虫子：垂挂在沾满露水的竹子上，紧贴在灌木的枝条上，甚至吸附着我的雨裤一点一点往上爬，而脚下早就没有路了。飘个不停的毛毛雨恐怕随时会变成又一场倾盆大雨。我们马马虎虎地歇了歇脚，继续赶路——从湿漉漉的、高过人头的竹林里硬生生开出一条路。蚂蟥不会躲到我头发里去吧...

 
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the outbound

Let's Make Conservation Sexy

There's a gulf between science and people. Conservation is rarely portrayed in its true form. As explorers, we have the responsibility to creatively bridge this gulf and show not just the outdoors,...

 
澎湃新闻 (the paper)

澎湃新闻 (the paper)

在横断山脉的起点, 见证民间环保的觉醒

当地人叫她“岗格恰吉”，意思是“八峰山”。无数民间传奇为这列高岭增添的亮色，可媲美那一挂挂直泄深谷的巨大冰川...

 
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neo cha

Valley of the Pandas

The early snow caught us off guard. It would have been romantic, comedic even, but for the full day of relentless rain before it...

National Geographic

National Geographic

China Declares Pandas No Longer Endangered—but Threats Persist

The giant panda, China’s national animal, is a global symbol of cuteness. But the black-and-white bears have long suffered for their irresistible qualities…

 
sixth tone

sixth tone

Chasing the Spirit of Conservation on the Himalayan Rim

Gengga sipped nonchalantly at his glass of sparkling grape juice on a cool summer afternoon on the Tibetan Plateau, 3,800 meters above sea level. “Do not kill anything unless you must,” he said, colorful prayer flags beating behind us in the breeze. “But when you must, do it in the gentlest way possible. Do not smile"...

 
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the outbound

7 Reasons Why Hong Kong is the World's Best Adventure Megacity

Here is where the East meets the West. It's also where the urban meets adventure. Welcome to HK...

 
sixth tone

sixth tone

How Sichuan’s ‘Panda Tribe’ Went From Poachers to Protectors

On a crisp Friday morning in October, I walked into a tea house off a sleepy street in Pingwu County, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province. Inside, dimly lit rooms clustered around a hazy main seating area. Cigarette smoke drifted languorously from our room into the next...

 
shan shui conservation center

shan shui conservation center

关坝

又过了一个元旦，又来了一个新年。在西方，我们每次过年的时候都有同样的习惯，即做出几个新年计划，在新年前夜忘记过去的365天和展望未来的明年。在年与年的转换之际，人们应该都会有这样辞旧迎新的习惯...

 

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