Located in the five-star Palais de Chine hotel, Le Palais serves Cantonese banquet fare with delicious dim sum
New York-based filmmaker Nanfu Wang, whose debut feature is about activists seeking justice for sexually abused schoolgirls, tells Dinah Gardner about the risks in covering controversial issues in China and living on the streets in Utah for a month for her next film
Irish-American, Putonghua-speaking comedian Des Bishop (a.k.a. Bi Hansheng) tells Dinah Gardner what comic material works best on Chinese audiences.
As entrepreneurial travel agents in Bhutan chase the tourist yuan, the tiny Himalayan nation is wary of a reaction from its closest ally, India.
The Beijing-born director, whose short film 'Butter Lamp' is nominated for an Oscar, tells Dinah Gardner about capturing the rapidly evolving nation on film.
The incumbent's recent suggestion that he could be the last incarnation of the spiritual leader has sparked disbelief and outrage inside and outside Tibet. Dinah Gardner reflects on life without Tenzin Gyatso.
Nestled between India and China, Nepal is seen as strategically valuable to both giants, as they jostle for supremacy over the impoverished nation. Dinah Gardner reports.
Isolated, remote and largely unexplored, the Nepalese Kingdom of Mustang is now open to pilgrims and tourists alike, writes Dinah Gardner. Pictures by Koon Ming Tang.
When writing about China for a mainland readership, overseas authors face a dilemma: appease the censors or refuse to publish. Dinah Gardner talks to writers who have had to make that choice.