National Geographic’s China Issue: ‘Inside the Dragon’

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  04.29.08 | 3:39 PM ET

imageStories by Peter Hessler and Amy Tan anchor what looks to be a terrific May issue of National Geographic. Hessler has the cover story, and Tan writes about the Dong people, who have no written language. Also of note: a reprint of a 1955 story by Heinrich Harrer, My Life in Forbidden Lhasa.