BeiJing 北京 trip, in September

Modern China, center of business and commerce, began here, in GuangDong province, south east China, just forty years ago, following the vision and effort of Deng XiaoPing (1904 - 1997). Deng XiaoPing opened China to the world, as it had been during the long period of a prior golden age with the Silk Road to the Middle East and Europe (by land) and other parts of south east Asia and as far as Africa via the Silk Road of the Sea.

WuZhen, 乌镇, lies not far from ShangHai, where this film starts, and also HangZhou and SuZhou, in ZheJiang province (on the east coast, south of ShangHai)).

Join Samuel and Audrey on their backpacking tour of this beautiful part of GuangXi province, south China. Includes YuLong River rafting and nearby rice terraces ...

With Insider TV. Each film includes both the famous places and also interesting places that are less well known, including dining and nightlife.

About 90km west of ShangHai in JiangSu province.

Nathan Rich lays it out ...

Summer 2012.

Lotus Lane is a charming place to wander and a lively place in the evening to dine and listen to live music ... Often mis-named as HouHai, which is actually another lake immediately to the north, these lakes form part of ShiChaHai, once the docks at the northern end of the Grand Canal from HangZhou. To the south lies BeiHai and JingShan Parks and to the north, the Drum and Bell Towers; east from there lies NanLuoGuXiang, a largely pedestrianized hutong filled with craft and speciality shops and cafes.

Beautiful, extended scenes. The concert featured many international stars, dance and wonderful stagecraft and the finale combined fireworks with bold lighting, fountains and dramatic music ...

ZhangJiaJie National Forest Park lies about 270 kilometers (170 miles) to the north-west of ChangSha, the capital of HuNan Province. Part of WuLingYuan 武陵源 Scenic Area.