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The Compass: China’s long lost city and a decades old secret

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THE COMPASS
This week’s virtual field trip takes us to China. With the second most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, China is full of natural wonders and cultural treasures. Journey to one of the last vaults of biodiversity in southwestern China, learn why the country is using guard geese to uphold its zero-COVID policy, and travel to the lesser seen China-North Korea border.
PHOTOGRAPH BY AMI VITALE, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
China declares pandas no longer endangered—but threats persist
Competition with native wildlife could deter efforts to boost populations of the famous black-and-white bear in its native habitat.
PANDA POPULATIONS
PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL SALOPEK
Southwestern China harbors one of the last vaults of biodiversity
A trek across the lush Gaoligong mountains of Yunnan Province offers glimpses of an older Earth teeming with animals and plants.
AN ARK OF LIFE
PHOTOGRAPH BY BILLY H.C. KWOK, BLOOMBERG / GETTY IMAGES
The long lost city of Tamão is hiding in plain sight
The mysterious forerunner to the resort city of Macau was a blend of European and Chinese cultures.
CULTURAL FUSION
THE SECOND LARGEST REPLICA IN THE WORLD OF THIS ICONIC LANDMARK CAN BE FOUND IN CHINA. WHICH ONE IS IT?

A. THE EIFFEL TOWER
B. THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
C. BIG BEN
CLICK TO SEE IF YOU’RE RIGHT!
MARITIME SILK ROAD MUSEUM GUANGDONG
China kept this 800-year-old shipwreck a secret for decades
An intact 12th-century junk was found on the bottom of the South China Sea in 1987. It took 20 years just to develop an excavation plan that preserved this priceless time capsule.
A PRICELESS TIME CAPSULE
GOOD READS
1.
Why China is using guard geese to uphold its zero-COVID policy
2.
In search of the perfect cup of tea
3.
Can China’s coal capital transform itself into a solar mecca?
4.
A remote village in China pins its hopes on the stars
PHOTOGRAPH BY ELIJAH HURWITZ
Photos from the lesser seen China-North Korea border
This photographer captured daily life along one of the most scrutinized borders in the world.
TWO CULTURES COEXIST
WHERE WILL WE JOURNEY TO NEXT?
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