A look back at the BeiJing 北京 2008 Olympics

TongLi, lies in the outskirts of SuZhou, JiangSu province in east China, about 100 km (62 miles) north-west of ShangHai. This charming water town retains many of the features of the ancient Kingdom of Wu.

Hong Kong has quite a few beaches and some of these are very nice ...

With Walk East ... [videogallery id=UCip2HiAmspOVMeh0yxMcEaA]

Just some of the places in this beautiful, large park in the blue sky city of Beijing ...

A first step in getting out of a trapped life, to a real life, is to become free of toxic people. Nobody is perfect; but most people know, to some extent, their faults, feel empathy and try to be better. But some people cannot see their faults, lack empathy and are always 'right' - the most important thing to know is that they cannot be 'fixed', understood, or healed by you (only a highly skilled psychotherapist stands a chance, and that's partly because there is no life relationship). If you cannot (yet) get away, at least become aware that it is not your problem. One can sense some similarities in dynamics with geo-politics. A variety of voices on this topic - in no particular order (may need multiple viewings because it can take time to understand more than superficially) ...

With REC Shanghai ... Bonus film - daytime ShangHai walk - with Wei's Travel ...

Can't help falling in love ... Off the ground ... Radiohead - Creep ... My Baby just cares for me - with Jeff Goldblum ... All about the bass ...

'Who rules America? The dangerous concentration of power and wealth in the American elite', with George Domhoff (and this is from the late 1960s); the reality behind 'democracy'. Don't miss it ...