Standing above the main square in Linhai, the cacophony rises through the darkness. Traditional Chinese music mixes with bassy pop bangers, the rhythmic clapping of synchronised dancers competing with the mournful lament of two-string erhu violins.

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If you can't view the above video, you can watch it on my YouTube channel. Standing above the main square in Linhai, the cacophony rises through the darkness. Traditional Chinese music mixes with bassy pop bangers, the rhythmic clapping of…

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Another stop on my China retrospective...the cobbled backstreets of a village in Yuyao county in Zhejiang province. Essential snacks for any adventure into the countryside surrounding Ningbo: boiled potatoes with their skins left on, covered in

One of my first trips beyond Ningbo taught me that in China, travel adventures were as much about the journey as the destination. Often, you weren't sure if a) you'd make it there and b) whether it would be worth the effort once you did. In May

A poster in the ancient village of Cangpo shows the village's spending for April to June 2014. I loved the muted colours of the poster against the...

Kicking off my weekly series of photos and stories from my six years living in China. We begin where my adventure started - in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. Yinzhou, where I lived on Ningbo’s southern side, was undergoing rapid...