Bamboo rafting on the YuLong River 玉龙江, near YangShuo

A selection of songs from HuNan TV's 'I am a singer' by Gem Tang ... G.E.M. was born in Shanghai but grew up in Hong Kong from age 4. She is fluent in Mandarin (mainland China), Cantonese (Hong kong and GuangDong) and English. Here is the musical phenomenon, the incredibly wonderous Gem Tang; she always gives it all .

HeiLongJiang province. 聖誕節哈爾濱滑雪 Christmas ski trip; December 2016. With a great song ...

A trek along the beautiful 'wild wall' near BeiJing ...

An up-lifting music video by Nate Noble; filmed during a stint teaching English in ZhuZhou ...

The film covers BeiJing, Xi`An, SuZhou, HangZhou and ShangHai ...

With HowToChinese and Fluenz ...

A Chinese brush artist since 1976, Virginia Lloyd-Davies has paintings in collections in the U.S., China, Britain, Europe, Japan, Mexico and Kenya. Her teacher for 26 years until his death was Master Painter I-Hsiung Ju, with whom she traveled regularly to China & Taiwan. Watch Virginia demonstrate a typical lotus painting .

WARNING - graphic. The real, deeply ugly face of the hysterical, baying mob of rioters behind their masks. Just one example ...