Good times in China 中国 …

Plus, Gong LinNa with a beautiful new song : Xiao He Tang Shui 小河淌水 ...

In the West, mung beans are known from being the source of bean sprouts; yet they are more versatile than just that. Follow the whole life of the mung bean and how to make mung bean pastries. From seeds to beans takes about 4 months if planted in the spring. To get bean sprouts from the beans can take little more than a week .

There are three trails along this deepest river gorge in the world - lower, middle and upper. The views are amazing and the experience truly unforgettable.

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.

In the western suburbs of Beijing at the foot of the Western Hills.

The Chinese New Year show in Beijing ...

From CCTV / CGTN ...

Plus drone footage ...

RiYue Bay, WanNing, 2012.

Take a gentle sail through beautifully lit TianJin ...

A trip to the wonderful, natural getaway of JinSi Xia (JinSi Canyon), ShaanXi province in central China ...