Parks, malls, architecture, gardens, nightlife and food in SuZhou 苏州

Including the famous NanJing Lu ...

GuangXi province

Selection by EastCultures, 东方文化.

Provincial capital of FuJian province ...

HuNan province. FengHuang is an ancient water town based on a river. The WuLingYuan scenic area within ZhangJiaJie is also a nature reserve. Both are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton talk with economist Michael Hudson. Don't miss it ...

With Wild Girl 野小妹 ... Bonus films - on mulberries ... On tomatoes ... On citrus fruits (mandarins) ... On loquat ...

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 .

Two films; sweet rice dumplings further down. Chicken and cilantro, pan fried ... Chicken and cilantro dumplings（makes 60 dumplings） ingredients： dough： all purpose flour or dumpling flour 400g a little bit more than 2.5 cups salt：1g 1/4 teaspoon room temperature water ： 240g a little bit less than a cup fillings： cilantro：150g chicken thigh：500g regular soy sauce：16g 1 tablespoon ginger paste：3g 1/2 teaspoon egg white ：1 white pepper powder ：1g 1/4 teaspoon five-spice powder：1g 1/4 teaspoon 2 green onions chopped salt：4g 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil ：4g 1 teaspoon for frying ： oil 12g 1 tablespoon water 60g 1/4 cup杯 cook for 5-6 minutes Sweet rice dumplings fillings： roasted black sesame seeds： 80g pecans or other nuts 30g sugar：80g 1/4 cup and 1 tablespoon melted unsalted butter: 60g 1/4 cup water：30g 2 tablespoons wrap: glutinous rice flour：250g 2 cups boiling water：140 g 1/2 cup and 1 tablespoon room temperature water：70g 1/4 cup and 2 teaspoons to boil the sweet dumplings： boiling water 800g 3 cups and 1/4 cup arrowroot starch or lotus root starch or corn starch 22 g 2 tablespoons water 125g 1/2 cup fermented sweet rice：1/3 cup sweetened osmanthus sauce ：2 tablespoons Bonus film : soup dumplings .

Two CGTN Travelogue episodes with Megan Zhang. Megan looks at the history and modernity of ChongQing hot pot and the modern transport links that connect together this city in the mountainous hills ...