Close your eyes and imagine Cape Town without Table Mountain or Tanzania without Mount Kilimanjaro. Unfathomable.
It used to be one of Ma Tianyi's best and most reliable friends. No matter what his mood was, in sunshine, hail, rain or snow, waiting for him each day as he prepared to journey to and from work was his car radio.
Anyone needing proof that China is ripe for carpooling need only look at how many licensed drivers the country has: about 250 million, the Ministry of Public Security said in November.
In recent months, the Somali government has been keenly following the economic success of its neighbors derived from China-backed infrastructure projects. It believes it is time to replicate this progress in Somalia.
In popular imagination, China is a place more to be explored than one that churns out explorers. Ancient stereotypes of the nation often still hold sway today: Mysterious, porcelain-skinned women; endless history; arcane religious practices and cruel torture methods.
In many parts of Africa, animals such as the rhino and elephant are slaughtered for their precious ivory and horn. Monkeys and leopards are hunted for their beautiful skins. Many other animals also die, en masse, for the sake of money.
Nighttime Sakura, a gunpowder artwork, is perhaps the largest of its kind to have been attempted by Cai Guoqiang to date.
Forget the Great Wall and forget the Forbidden City. If you really want to know what makes the Chinese capital stand out, tune in now and get with the Beijing beat. If you do, you may well find that it has become one of the most exciting music scenes on the planet.
In summer, the high temperatures and humid conditions of Beijing tend to slow people down. But one group could be found sweating away under the scorching sun on July 25, when more than 150 people gathered in Beijing Olympic Park to commemorate Nelson Mandela International Day in a charity fitness run.
For the most part, the flight to the Tibet autonomous region of China was no different from any other, with the usual turbulence and intermittent interruptions by flight attendants' announcements.
Be it a yapping shihtzu or a lumbering Tibetan mastiff, dogs have always been man's best friend - or have they?
Jim Boyce is not on a mission to make foreigners like baijiu.
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