Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer

Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer

Journey to the West

Fighting the swarming crowds, intense temperatures, and spicy flavours, a trip to Xi'an during Golden Week became not just a sightseeing holiday, but a mission of endurance
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Sparkling Debut
From Yunnan’s ancient tea plantations to global tables, how one distiller pivoted from gin to sparkling tea and tapped into a cultural and consumer…
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Into the Wild
How a side journey on the way to climb one of China's most famous peaks, became an adventure all of its own
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That's City Talk
In a life long ago, when print was still king, I was a magazine editor in China, from entertainment titles in Shanghai to Beijing's first design and…
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Forever Shanghaied
In 1992, former chartered engineer Ben Zabulis visited Shanghai (in fact, China) for the first time, a trip of exploration that began a lifelong love…
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Put It On a T-Shirt
Meet Dominic Johnson-Hill, artist, raconteur, and former owner of the coolest t-shirt shop in Beijing (possibly China), who has found a new home in the…
 • Simon Ostheimer
In Memoriam
On the anniversary of my father's birthday, I've compiled several tributes that came in when he passed away in March 2020, which I felt unable to…
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That's Life
Meet Mark Kitto, former British army soldier turned China media mogul, who lost it all and reinvented himself as an author and actor - including a turn…
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Jungle Brother
He gave his life to the land, and - in establishing a protected nature reserve dedicated to preserving the indigenous trees of Malaysia - has left a…
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Panda-pocalypse
How we went to the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu on a trip to see the pandas, and entered a pollution-filled haze that the air quality index said…
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Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer
Tales of the Orient by Simon Ostheimer
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