Christmas and New Year, China

Starring Liu YiFei and Rain (from Korea). Directed by Gao XiXi.

The Summer Palace is the largest and best-preserved imperial garden in China. Its Chinese name, YiHeYuan, translates as 'Garden of Nurtured Harmony' or 'Garden for Maintaining Health and Harmony'. With interconnected lakes and many pavilions, bridges, pagodas, halls and highly decorated corridors, it is a showcase of Chinese garden arts.

The hike to Tai Long Wan (Big Wave Bay). A beautiful place on the east coast of the Sai Kung Peninsula; a large bay with white sand beaches and seas of tropical blue or turquoise, flanked by rugged headlands and backed by green fields beyond which rise some impressive hills. The main route follows a stretch of Maclehose Trail, up and over the ridge from Chek Keng - which you can walk to from a bus stop at Pak Tam Au.

A fascinating, hour plus documentary by CCTV's Travelogue (from the English language CCTV9 channel). Dali is a four and a half hours drive from KunMing, the provincial capital of YunNan in south China, or forty minutes by air. By rail it is also connected to nearby LiJiang. We haven't posted a Travelogue for a couple of years, but are very happy to say that it is back to its best - intelligent presenter and beautiful cinematography.

From deep in the archives (circa 2000), the original Vietnamese girl super group ...

With Wei's Travel ... 00:00 Intro 简介 02:38 Yu Garden 豫园商城-城隍庙 08:32 Nine Curve Bridge 九曲桥广场 13:40 Shanghai Old Street 上海老街 20:08 Yu Garden New Street 豫园新街 25:20 The Bund 延安东路外滩 32:17 The Bund Riverside 外滩滨江 37:53 Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street 南京路步行街 47:01 Shanghai Daimaru Mall 新世界大丸百货 01:05:05 Walking Street Plaza Bar 步行街广场酒吧 01:16:50 New World Mall 新世界商城 01:25:28 West Nanjing Road 南京西路 Bonus film - West NanJing Road, ShangHai, with Walk East .

A selection of highlights from the show ...

A contemporary arts zone in north east BeiJing with many galleries, bookshops, cafes and more. Changes all the time; though some 1950s factory look lingers. If you like to wander and come across the unexpected, it is well worth a visit. A fascinating place and an example of the 'new China'. With Jason Zhang ... Nothing really ends .

"I'm Katherine, an environmental engineering Masters student from Virginia, USA, living in Nanjing, China. On this channel, I'll be sharing my travels in China, my bike rides through the countryside, life with my Chinese boyfriend, and stories of fellow environmentalists. I love sharing my life here and all the unique and interesting things I encounter on a regular basis - come join me, let's explore China!"

Including the Union of China Timelapse 2015 film, plus timelapse films of ShangHai, HangZhou and Hong Kong. Beautiful ...

An amazing, beautiful film by Jeffrey Poon ...

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