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Paul Salopek

China’s most famous bard, Li Bai, born in 701, entertains Emperor Xuanzong and his court. Hundreds ...

China’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he?

8 March 2023. By Paul Salopek

At a remote temple in China, a Kung Fu master keeps the past alive

1 December 2022. By Paul Salopek

Environment and Conservation

Historic Water Crisis Threatens 600 million People in India

19 April 2022. By Paul Salopek

A deadly scourge ravages hard-rock miners in India

19 April 2022. By Paul Salopek

Travel and Adventure

Trekking India’s wild north, where bandits ruled

19 April 2022. By Paul Salopek

Leopards, elephants and cobras... the perils of picking tea

19 April 2022. By Paul Salopek

Outsiders don't venture into this lush corner of India. Could that change?

19 April 2022. By Paul Salopek

A new battle zone for the coronavirus looms: the developing world

19 April 2022. By Paul Salopek

Rediscovering China’s ancient Tea Horse Road, a branch of the famous Silk Road

22 March 2022. By Paul Salopek

In this part of China, hands—not machines—define the rhythm of life

3 February 2022. By Paul Salopek

Walking the Earth for 9 years plays tricks on your mind

17 January 2022. By Paul Salopek

Environment and Conservation

Southwestern China harbours one of the last vaults of biodiversity

12 November 2021. By Paul Salopek

Walking storyteller begins historic trek through China’s heartland

15 October 2021. By Paul Salopek

Leaving Myanmar—and agonising over friends left behind in the coup

1 June 2021. By Paul Salopek

The unexpected twists on a writer's 24,000-mile walk across the world

19 February 2021. By Paul Salopek

How much work goes into flattening gold leaf? 20,000 hammer blows.

7 December 2020. By Paul Salopek

In Myanmar, everyone swears by this natural skin cosmetic

3 September 2020. By Paul Salopek

Hunting for particles of gold in the jungles of Southeast Asia

24 June 2020. By Paul Salopek

Memories of World War II bloodshed surface in a trek across India

15 March 2020. By Paul Salopek

Living tree bridges in India stand strong for hundreds of years

16 November 2019. By Paul Salopek