Sunset boating in BeiHai Park 北海公园, BeiJing

At the Panda Base research center ...

An excerpt from HuNan TV's New Year 2016 concert. Starting with a beautiful, haunting song, in English; Adele Atkins / Jim Lee. "The two of us, we're running out of time ..." Singer: Zhāng Jié 张杰 Chinese vocalists are now among the world's best. Also includes '(I'm your) Venus (I'm your fire)', plus Chris Lee with 'Let Me Grow, Let Me Glow'.

ShānDōng lies on the coast in east China, roughly halfway between BeiJing and ShangHai. Provincial capital : JiNan. Also includes the city of QuFu, the birthplace of Confucius. Other well-known cities include QingDao, ZaoZhuang, YanTai, WeiFang, JiNing, LinYi and DeZhou. Among others, ShanDong is known for TaiShan sacred mountain, a large number of natural springs that arise from the mountains to the west (ShanDong means 'East of the Mountains), DaMing Lake formed from the spring waters, LaoShan Scenic Area, Thousand Buddha Mountain, LingYan Temple - one of the 4 most famous temples (四大名刹) from the Tang dynasty, PengLai Pavilion, wine-making and its distinctive cuisine, partly centered on seafood.

JuYong Pass is an interesting section of the Great Wall, close to Beijing (slightly nearer than BaDaLing along the same valley), has a steep climb on the west side.

Filmed in March 2011 ...

Plus a little Jive. ChengDu, SiChuan province. Excerpts from the selection of the national squad that will go to Beijing for the WDSF World Championship September 2012. Plus, an awesome feel-good dance video from Swing BeiJing. Locations: The Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the “Bird’s Nest” Beijing National Stadium, QianHai – HouHai, the Temple of Heaven, ZhongShan Park and The Place mall.

Globe-trotting vlogger Jordan ('Travellight') missed China so much that she took a trip back to her first destination there - ShenZhen in GuangDong province. Defintely don't miss the amazing light show near the end of the film (8:45) ... Bonus films - a short introduction to ShenZhen, and a longer guide to the city .

This is an awesome stretch of the Great Wall about two hours or so north east of Beijing. Thrilling, peaceful and picturesque ...

JingDeZhen, in JiangXi province, is known as the Porcelain Capital' because it has been producing pottery for over 1,700 years. JingDeZhen is close to the best quality deposits of petuntse, or porcelain stone, in China, as well as being surrounded by forests, mostly of pine, providing wood for the kilns. It also has river connections flowing both north and south, facilitating transport of the fragile wares.

North XinJiang province, including Kanas Lake. Awesome ...

Beautiful aerial shots of the rice terraces and karst peaks of GuangXi province, plus the communal Tulou residences in FuJian province ...