July 2017

Blessed Paradise Restaurant, Bar and B&B (Xing Fu Tian Kong Hua Yuan Lü Guan 幸福天空花园旅馆)

One of the most charming Western-Chinese fusion spots on Kulangsu, this garden restaurant, bar, and simple bed-and-breakfast draws inspiration from the friendly owner Roger’s time spent in New Zealand. First...

Former A.R.C.M. Girls’ Middle School (Yu De Nv Xiao Jiu Zhi 毓德女校旧址)

In 1845, the American Reformed Mission founded the first primary school (a literacy class) in Xiamen’s Liaozihou, and then opened “Amoy Women’s College” in 1847. After a fire in 1880,...

UNESCO set to approve Kulangsu (Gulangyu), China as World Cultural Heritage Site

UNESCO recommendation that Kulangsu (Gulangyu) become a World Cultural Heritage Site: In the 2017 Evaluations of Nominations of Cultural and Mixed Properties, ICOMOS report for the World Heritage Committee (41st ordinary...

Jing Yang, “Daughter of Kulangsu”

The world-renowned violist and violinist Jing Yang is the newest star in a constellation of globally famous classical musicians from Kulangsu. It is here on our idyllic island that Jing...