A beautiful performance at the NanJing 南京 Youth Olympics 2014

A popular pastime in parks all over China. JianZi combines athleticism, balance, coordination and inner calm. It has been played in China since the Han Dynasty (200 BC). The 'shuttlecock' is composed of a number of coin-like metal weights and colored feathers. The first film is from the People's Park in GuangZhou; the second is at the Long Corridor of the Temple of Heaven in BeiJing.

HeiLongJiang province in north east China. Lots to see and do ... life well below zero ...

Wine from wild Rosa Laevigata.

With Dr. May-yi Shaw. Meet the pioneers of the Belt and Road Initiative ...

Prepare your Di San Xian 地三鮮 (stir fried potato, aubergine and green pepper) and / or MaPo DoFu 麻婆豆腐 (DoFu with minced pork in a SiChuan style spicy sauce) then sit back and enjoy our music selection ...

The BBC in Hong Kong - fake news ? Nathan Rich lays it out ...

Find out, with host Kevin Cook ... Welcome to China. Live more !

Great video ! Song by Pharrell Williams ... Bonus film : hop in for a drive around ShenZhen ...

Sometimes in browsing the web disparate things just seem to come together, as here. Two different popular singing shows, one an established artist, one a teen on a first audition; one common theme - 'this girl is on fire'. In the first video, from 'I am a singer', I was so struck by the gusto of the performance. The cut-aways are to the other competitors; one can feel that the knives were out (in some cases) but she said 'take that', and nailed it .

With live-wire host Sonia. Don't miss it ...

JiangSu province.

FúJiàn province, east China