33 places to live differently

Yunnan · Town

A UNESCO World Heritage highland town beneath Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Jiangsu · Town

UNESCO gardens and triple bridges — a thousand-year Jiangnan water town unhurried by time.

Yunnan · Town

A Bai heritage town framed by rice paddies — old courtyards, slow days

Yunnan · Town

China's original digital-nomad hub, cradled between mountains and a highland lake.

Jiangxi · Village

China's most beautiful countryside, where harvest banners turn hillsides into art.

Zhejiang · Town

Bamboo country and a rising haven for China's digital nomads

Fujian · Town

126 islands where bioluminescent seas meet centuries-old stone villages

Shanxi · Town

Home of the world's oldest and tallest wooden pagoda

Jilin · City

China's Korean frontier — coffee culture, quiet streets, and Korean-Chinese heritage

Yunnan · Town

Yunnan's southern capital of learning, purple pottery, and heritage trains.

Jiangxi · City

China's thousand-year porcelain capital where craft meets creative youth culture.

Zhejiang · Town

The last hidden valley of Jiangnan — China's "second home" experiment