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Baobei: Faces of Guizhou
By Kelly Shanahan
September 27, 2026
There is no single face of China. China is not a monolith. Guizhou is home...
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Baobei: Longhorn Miao
By Kelly Shanahan
September 27, 2026
By the time we arrived in Suojia, the women were ready and waiting. They brought out...
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Baobei: The Carrier
By Kelly Shanahan
September 27, 2026
Yanmei is a carrier of Miao culture. A master artisan, she holds generations of knowledge literally in her hands: the motifs, symbols, stories and meanings passed from one generation to the next.
Baobei: The Papermakers
By Kelly Shanahan
September 23, 2026
Tucked away in the mountains of Danzhai, Guizhou, we visited a village where the...
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Baobei: Yelang Castle
By Kelly Shanahan
September 15, 2026
This is a place unlike anywhere we’ve ever been. Yelang Castle is the life’s work...
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Baobei: The Miao
By Kelly Shanahan
September 15, 2026
Much of what the world recognizes as “Chinese culture” is actually Han culture. But China is home to many peoples, with histories and traditions entirely their own.
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