New Podcast: Made in China
In this month’s podcast Charles and I compare notes from our recent trips to China, and talk the joys of travel there, especially the country’s superb mammalwatching opportunities.
Charles and his family spent 10 days in China’s Qinghai Province in May, while I was in China for a month from mid-April, including almost two weeks in Yunnan Province and a few days in Qinghai.
We discuss the Gouli Valley, and the extraordinary carnivore watching there, due in large part to a guide with superhuman vision. Charles has a close encounter with some Tibetan caterpillar connoisseurs and I discover that seeing any species might be possible with the help of the right friends in China, especially when one is the ‘mammal lord’.
As always you can find the episode on Spotify, Apple and other platforms. Or you can stream it here
Notes: My 2026 reports from China – Yunnan, Qinghai, Tangjiahe, Guangxi and Zhejiang – are already available on mammalwatching’s China page. If you are interested in details of the tour I will lead across Qinghai next year, including to the original Valley of the Cats, please email.
The study of Fishers predating Lynxes that Charles discussed at the start is here.
Cover art: Pallas’s Cat in the Gouli Valley, February 2026. Photograph by Man Fu.
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