Pingyao's grey-brick lanes look like a film set, but they once held 22 of China's 51 draft banks — a paper-money network that moved silver across ...
Pingyao, a perfectly preserved Ming-Qing town in China's Shanxi province, welcomes millions of tourists each year. But behind the postcard views, a fragile economy runs on ...
Forget the soot. In Shanxi, ancient wooden temples stand beside high-speed rail stations, and digital storytellers are mapping a province once known only for its coal ...