Chengdu
Chengdu Is Obsessed with Sucking Brains Out of Rabbit Skulls
The owner of a popular eatery specializing in spicy rabbit heads admits that eating bunny brains might not be for everyone, but the residents of Chengdu can't get enough.
My Szechuan Restaurant Is So Spicy That a Customer Called The Cops on Me
Everyone handles spice differently. I invented a heat index scale for my restaurant, Han Dynasty, so that people don't send dishes back to the kitchen, one of the biggest cultural insults in China.
In China, There’s a Hipster Yak Coffee Joint Run by Tibetan Nomads
Outfitted with aged wood panels and dangling Edison-style bulbs, Charu looks like the kind of coffee shop I avoid in the States—but in Chengdu, it's trying to offer new opportunities for Tibetans.
This Is What It's Like to Come Out in China
"My sex ed teacher brought up homosexuality once. All he said was that it was a psychological disease."
How English Teachers in China Are Lied to and Exploited
ESL teachers expect to face some cultural difficulties, but few realize quite what they're in for.
High Stakes Testing Led Chinese Teens to Use Spy-like Cheating Equipment
Photos surface of cheating devices confiscated by police including a wired t-shirt, pens equipped with cameras, and wireless earphones.
Huang's World: Chengdu, Part 3
Eddie learns the subtleties of Sichuan cooking from master chef Yu, visits the sculpture factory of artist Deng Le, and climbs into a treehouse parlor to discover Taiwanese tea-pouring.
Huang's World: Chengdu, Part 2
We head to China's Dead Sea Resort, where Eddie lightens up with a refreshing salt burial, swims in one of the world's most crowded swimming pools, and samples baby pig dick.
Huang's World: Chengdu, Part 1
In the season finale of Huang's World, Eddie—The Human Panda— discovers that pandas watch panda porn, hangs with hip hop pioneer DJ SuperBestFriend, and eats pig brain ma po tofu.