Rollerblading girl

Wonderful ...

Beautiful scenes from the blue sky city of BeiJing ...

WuLingYuan Scenic Area, HuNan province. A great film by Sticker Travel ...

A trailer to Richard Bangs' travel videos of GuangDong, Macau and Hong Kong around the Pearl River Delta ...

The Shanghai World Expo, 2010 ...

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 look around this beautiful coastal city ...

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An hour north from BeiJing city center ...

PingYao (平遥) is a county in ShanXi province, central China. PingYao is located approximately 700 kilometres (400 miles) southwest of Beijing and 80 kilometres (50 miles) from the provincial capital TaiYuan. PingYao is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Han Chinese city, founded in the 14th century.

Scenes around the central lakes area ...