The Beijing government avidly asserts its control over matters of reincarnation as a way of securing the loyalty and political complexion of influential Tibetan figures.

Beijing has a glut of charming and traditional or brash and luxurious places to stay.

When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air.

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

Valuing the road over the goal was a Taoist goal in itself.

By tradition, Beijing is a city of walls, sheltering its intrigues and ambitions behind a series of concentric barriers from the Great Wall down to courtyard homes that draw sunlight only from the gardens at their core.