NanJing 南京 in time-lapse

Intrepid Italians live more ...

Near / on the border with Vietnam ...

Including : If heaven closes; Long life, my friend; When the morning comes : and much more. One of the best music albums ever ... Support Bliss by buying their albums ...

Sometimes in browsing the web disparate things just seem to come together, as here. Two different popular singing shows, one an established artist, one a teen on a first audition; one common theme - 'this girl is on fire'. In the first video, from 'I am a singer', I was so struck by the gusto of the performance. The cut-aways are to the other competitors; one can feel that the knives were out (in some cases) but she said 'take that', and nailed it .

A delightful garden within a garden. New HD version; filmed in August 2010.

The XinJiang region, (north) west China, has been under Chinese rule since at least the 18th Century. While bombing Muslims everywhere else, the Uyghurs in China (a Turkic people in XinJiang) are a useful tool for Western attempts to destabilize and break up China. Just like the useful idiots in Hong Kong, and Tibet.

JiangSu province. Harmony of human and nature; diverse landscapes in a small space; a new vista at every turn. With Walk East ...

Wonderful ...

An hour north from BeiJing city center ...

HuBei province. With ShangGuan JieWen 上官杰文 ...

The Shanghai World Expo, 2010 ...

A CCTV Travelogue special ... ZheJiang province, east China.