JiuZhaiGou and HuangLong National Park 九寨沟 + 黄龙

TiánZǐFāng is a neighborhood of labyrinthine alleyways off TaiKang Road (TàiKāng Lù). TianZiFang is known for small craft stores, coffee shops, trendy art studios and narrow alleys. It has become a popular tourist destination in ShangHai, and an example of the preservation of local ShiKuMen architecture, with some similarities to XinTianDi.

With Little Chinese Everywhere ...

With Walk East ...

The Three Gorges 三峡 section of the YangTze River (YangZi in modern PinYin; also known as Chang Jiang - Long River) 长江.

With Walk East ... Phoenix ancient town, night walk ...

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” ― John Steinbeck On the 'China threat' scam - with The Geopolitics In Conflict Show ... A talk with historian Alfred McCoy - don't miss it (though he seems not seem to realize that China's South China Sea actions are defensive, countering Western aggression and encirclement) ... With Professor Richard Wolff (exaggerates China's problems but otherwise worth a listen) ... On the BBC's Uyghur propaganda BS ... US semi-boycott of the BeiJing Winter Olympics ? Infantile ? Xi (and Putin) outclass Biden again and again ... Just 90 seconds to THE END (doomsday clock) - can we stop the madness - not sure, but we must try - (musical interlude, with Roger Walters and band) ... There is no 'them'. It is only a scam that the elite uses to convince you of your subservience.

Emei Shan (Emei Mountain, 3,099 m / 10,167 ft) is one of the four Chinese Buddhist sacred mountains. Emei Shan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (together with the nearby LeShan Giant Buddha) as "an area of exceptional cultural significance as it is the place where Buddhism first became established on Chinese territory ... The first Buddhist temple in China was built on the summit of Mount Emei in the 1st century CE ... Mount Emei is also notable for its exceptionally diverse vegetation, ranging from subtropical to sub-alpine pine forests. Some of the trees there are more than 1,000 years old." Included in this beautiful film : the summit of Mount Emei, WanNian Si Temple, QingYin Ge and BaoGuo Si Temple.

With Daniel Dumbrill and The New Atlas - on the South China Sea ... Bonus film - Daniel Dumbrill with Nury Vittachi, on the lessons of HK ... Bonus film 2 - on Vietnam - with The New Atlas ... Bonus film 3 - on the UN food summit, with The Grayzone ...