Trip Dossier
Dates: August 5 – September 3, 2025 Context: 30-day visa-free travel, solo + with Giulia (Beijing–Chongqing) Route: Beijing → Luoyang → Xi’an → Gansu → Chengdu → Dazu → Chongqing → Guilin → Yangshuo → Guangzhou → Shenzhen → Hong Kong → Macau → Shanghai → Suzhou
The Overview
An archive of observations from across China.
Highlights
Selected logs from this trip.
- The Great Firewall
- Always in the System
- Not a Single Original Stone
- Heritage as a Loop
- Where the Silk Road Settled
- One Plane at a Time
- A Market for Love
- Luggage in a Stranger’s Taxi
- Only Pay for What You Get
- Ground Floor Is Relative
- A Little Door Protecting the Snail
- Two Beers and a Sunset
- Silent Streets
- The Only Open Door
- From Fishing Nets to Semiconductors
- The Homecoming
- Pressure Valves
Complete Archive
Field Notes
See the Backlinks below for the full chronological list of notes from China.