North East China

China Travelogue: To Chángbáishan and Heart-in-Mouth Bus Rides

By Carrie on March 3, 2007

Chángbáishan is a large series of mountains which run northeast to southwest along the Chinese-Korean border in North East China. The huge lake, nestled in a volcanic crater at the top of one of the mountains, is one of the major attractions in this wild backwater country deep in North East China. We traveled there by bus several [...]

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Smiling Angels and SARS in Northern China

By Carrie on January 20, 2007

In Shenyang, China at the Imperial Palace in 2003. The author is dressed in traditional Qing dynasty clothing.
I flew to North East China on the 23rd of March, 2003. I’d been on plenty of long flights before, but this one was special because I wasn’t coming home for a year. I remember feeling scared and [...]

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All Along the Gas Tower

By Carrie on January 13, 2007

It was dark that night. Only a few clouds marred the inky blue darkness of a clear night sky. We were seated on the broken curb of a sidewalk outside my apartment breathing deeply of the cool night air. We had just spent four hours with our Chinese co-workers, eating a huge meal of Korean [...]