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Founder of @waybeyondofficial, fixer of @roadsandkingdoms.
About culture, stories and people, China and worldwide.
Writer&Photographer. Dancer&Yogi.

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Some cities you fall in love with instantly. For many visitors, Beijing is not one of them.

The world’s most populous capital with 22 million residents, the city is a sensory onslaught, immense in scale, intimidating upon first encounter in a way Shanghai just isn’t.

“At the very beginning, you’ll probably dislike the city,” says Chinese journalist and entrepreneur Jane Yang (@yqjane). “Because it’s chaos. There are a lot of people, and they aren’t elegant like in Shanghai. It’s more rock and roll, very authentic, traditional people of the ancient capital.”

In our latest edition of The Fix, Jane shares her insider guide to finding the Beijing that’s easy to love: from 600-year-old restored temples to courtyard-hidden plant-based dining and Inner Mongolian bistros.

Swipe for a sample, and join Insiders at the link in our bio to read the full piece. taken in Beijing, China by @yqjane

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From the misty, matsutake-rich mountains of Ma Pin Guan to the hidden Bai enclaves of ancient Silk Road towns, this is a journey through China’s most varied province — land of mushrooms, birthplace of tea.

Join journalist Jane Yang (@yqjane) and documentary storyteller Eduardo Leal (@eduardolealphoto) for a week traversing four ancient towns around Erhai Lake: picking mushrooms in the mountains, a whole-pig barbecue with a local family, tea reading with a Daoist seer, and an extraordinary final dinner at a secret restaurant for Chinese chefs.

Yunnan Forever — Sept 1–9, 2026

▶️ 2 rooms left. Visit the link in our bio or roadsandkingdoms.com/league for the full itinerary. taken in Yunnan, China by @yqjane

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🇨🇳There are two rooms left for our first journey to China, a trip unlike anything else out there that traverses the country’s most biodiverse and multiethnic province. Yunnan: land of mushrooms, birthplace of tea.

Led by the Chinese writer Jane Yang and former Bourdain fixer Alejo Sabugo, we begin in Shanghai and end in Dali, exploring four ancient towns that ring the storied Lake of Erhai—culminating in an extraordinary multi-course dinner in a secret restaurant for Chinese chefs.

📍Find the full itinerary here: roadsandkingdoms.com/league

Photos by @eduardolealphoto by @yqjane

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在加勒比海上的这个夜晚，只属于WayBeyond。海风，沙滩，音乐，舞蹈，和最真实的人，这是WayBeyond存在的所有意义。 by @yqjane

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Every day overflowing with joy — because the loveliness of people outweighs it all. And that’s the whole point.#Waybeyond Colombia by @yqjane

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The Living Farm 🌿🍊

A journey through Colombia’s biodiversity — fruits, flowers, herbs, and the popular knowledge passed down through generations of farmers.

Sourced from local growers, explored through flavor, stories, and the living traditions behind what grows here. 🇨🇴

Taste the land. Meet its origins. @fincagualiva @wherenextdmc @greggbleakney @yqjane by @yqjane

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WayBeyond Colombia 🇨🇴
Two hours from Bogotá → a full day at the farm. Stories of fruits, honey, plants and birds we couldn’t name.
At @fincagualiva , we handed ourselves back to nature and curiosity. Pure healing. 🌿🐝 by @yqjane

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在「到达之前」，月亮是第一个目的地。
它把异乡人的路灯、海风、夜班车，
都照得闪闪发光——中秋了，别赶路，先和自己团圆一次。

十五的月亮把生活照得闪闪发光，
像极了多少次“到达之前”的心动：
陌生城市亮起第一盏灯，
你突然觉得，活着本身就很浪漫。

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
#midautumnfestival by @yqjane

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People in Athens. I saw nostalgia in the air. #travelphotography by @yqjane

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Street portrait shoots in Palermo. Thx @giacomo_barone_ph for sharing your philosophy of photography with me, as well as a wonderful stroll with lens. by @yqjane

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A new language to tell the moments of a city. Thx so much to have @fabriziaconti_artist here for a shining morning, doing my first sketching by the street. What I appreciated a lot is how she told me to breaking logical boundaries to see what in front of your eyes, lights and shadows are just playing the game of lines. by @yqjane

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