Harbin: Down Hill
Graham Bond hits the slopes and finds Yabuli, China's oldest ski resort, is a curious mix of international ski bunny couture and rural Chinese culture.
It seems an unfortunate coincidence that one of the world's slowest chairlifts should find a home at Yabuli, one of the world's coldest ski resorts. Passing through nearby Harbin, Heilongjiang's provincial capital, the numbing weather had a certain novelty value. But out here on the exposed slopes, with the thermometer [ read more ]
