China

Casinos, sinful gastronomy, Portuguese wine, museums and a lively downtown area — there’s more to Macau than meets the eye
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Stately British architecture reflected in the facades of the tallest skyscrapers alongside carts selling stinky tofu at the doorstep of adorable French cafes.... The West is ingrained in the DNA of this Chinese city
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Witness the changing face of the Red Dragon of Asia through a series of photographs
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There are many reasons why you should read the final part of the bestselling Ibis trilogy, not least because it sheds light upon the historic First Opium War
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s natural precociousness springs up at every twist in the traveller’s tale. Verve watches the ex-Miss World-turned-moviestar-and-homemaker switch from child to Inca queen, Bollywood dramatist to casual honeymooner, lost tourist to Disneyworld explorer, through loud giggles, flashing smiles, dramatic enunciations and passionate inflections, exploring a few of her many memorable journeys
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The reclusive writer Vikram Seth goes From Heaven Lake down memory lane. While at the University of Nanjing, young Seth, armed with a rare travel card, began a hitchhiking trip through the remote parts of China all the way to Lhasa, traversing difficult climatic zones and eating glutinous broth with pork fat floating in it. Verve finds the writer fondly nostalgic
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