An evening stroll in Xi’An 西安, ShaanXi province

No ! - look over here, at this weather balloon ; ) The 'Rules Based 'International' Order' - hmmmmm ...

You have undoubtedly seen a few of their videos - and there will be many more. Here's the back story of how they met ...

In these times of mid-winter, and the Omicron virus variant, something special - relaxing music on another level - with Bliss - inspired by the music of the world; let your spirit soar above the mundane ... The last track here, Wish you were here, is perhaps the most famous (if you listen to the likes of Buddha Bar album mixes, but most likely Bliss are the most amazing artists you have never heard, until now. There are many albums out there to enjoy. Bringing in latin america, middle east, african, indian and oriental influences, yet always aligned with the cosmic flow ...

With Rangan Chatterjee. With Mark Hyman ... With Tim Spector ...

SiChuan province in south-west China ...

Based around a large lake with a perimeter of 15 kilometers. In JiangSu province.

The US empire employs the same playbook wordwide. With The New Atlas ... Including Thailand ... And Myanmar ... And Cambodia ... And TaiWan ... And China itself ...

In China, the people are family. In the West, the people are merely livestock. As simple as that. As profound as that. Competence and success is the real 'threat'. The old colonial powers are less than 10% of the world's population, yet still clamber to be its master, putting everyone else down, by economic and political sabotage, subversion, proxy wars, etc. 100 years of great shame. If democracy means anything real, the majority of the world must be allowed to have its say, be allowed to grow, be allowed to be. The US imperialist hegemony empire doesn't have 'allies', only slaves, and sees the rest of the world as its plantation. The sheep (Ukraine, Australia, UK, Europe, Taiwan, Japan, S. Korea..) are encouraged to worry about wolves all their lives, but in the end are eaten up by the shepherd. Don't these countries realise that they are possessed, militarily and psychologically. From 2013 (and still true today) ... Bonus film - with Jeffrey Sachs ... With Garland Nixon ...

With NeeNee Lao Life ນີນີ ວິຖີລາວ ...

With CCTV's Travelogue ...

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