Globe and Mail staff photojournalist John Lehmann and China correspondent Mark MacKinnon are traveling through China along the trails of Mao Zedong’s Long March documenting China’s progress into a new age of modernity. The China Diaries takes an insightful, cross-sectional look at the current state of the vastly-progressing nation as it continues along its prominent paths of economic development. A number of posts particularly stood out to me in this micro-documentary of their travels, especially those with a more sociocultural focus. I highly recommend giving The China Diaries a read, or at least a glance through.

The written work aside though, the aspect of The China Diaries that I was most excited to share was photojournalist John Lehmann’s Tumblr, on which you can find a chronological photo-documentary of his and MacKinnon’s travels through China. The images he’s captured range from quirky and personable portraits to absolutely breathtaking snapshots of major landmarks and panoramic landscapes. And here’s an added bonus that might pique your interest: it’s all done in a very hipster, iPhone, Instagram-like style; quite a deviation from the newspaper photojournalistic norm.