Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
It may not be forbidden to the public any longer, as the world’s most-visited museum with 17 million visitors in 2024, but entering Beijing’s Forbidden City […]
Panic erupted on an Air China flight from Hangzhou to Seoul when a lithium battery in a passenger’s carry-on bag caught fire, sending flames shooting from […]
A team from a Chinese university has developed an AI platform designed to translate written text into sign language in real time. The project aims to […]
China inaugurated its newest architectural landmark, the Xi’an International Football Centre, on 8 October 2025, with an inaugural Asian Cup qualifying match. Designed by Zaha Hadid […]
Just 125 kilometres southeast of Beijing, Tianjin stands as one of China’s most historically cosmopolitan cities. It has been a meeting point of East and West […]
China’s eight-day “Golden Week” holiday officially ended on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, signalling another potential travel rush as hundreds of millions of people return to their […]
Chinese airline flights, and the passengers who choose to fly with them to China out of Europe’s airports, are gifting Russia millions of euros every year, […]
The world now boasts a new record-breaking bridge in Guizhou province in southwest China. Situated at an above-ground altitude of 625 metres and with a main […]
China has announced the introduction of a one-year visa-free regime for Russian citizens, a move unveiled in the immediate aftermath of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in […]
Xinjiang, a region at the heart of the ancient Silk Road, has long been a crossroad of cultures, languages, and traditions. Among its richest legacies is […]
China has released details of record-breaking Maglev train tests at the 17th China International Modern Railway Technology and Equipment Exhibition, hinting at a technology breakthrough that […]
On 24 July, European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Beijing for the 25th China–EU Summit. The […]
Deep in the heart of Xinjiang, where vineyards are caressed by the blistering sun and the dust still carries whispers of the Silk Roads, Turpan offers […]