The beautiful Bund waterfront, ShangHai 上海

A Columbian in China discusses freedom, socialism, poverty and more. A 'feet firmly on the ground' view ... * Socialism Chinese style - hand-up, not hand out ... * Freedom from fear ... * Meritocracy .. * Poverty ...

Views of the Palace Museum ...

Bonus film - chili and soy sauce ...

The nearly one million square meter Palace Museum lies at the heart of Beijing ...

A cuisine masterclass for cooking this classic Chinese food dish ...

The three lakes here - XiHai, HouHai and QianHai - were where boats from HangZhou would dock after travelling the Grand Canal. There are still some hutongs in this area, just north of BeiHai Park, which has become a lively destination, especially in the evenings around the lakes.

With Sticker TravelHuangShan (Yellow Mountain) lies in AnHui province, west from HangZhou and ShangHai.

With a great song by Pharrell Williams Bonus film ... Family and friends from the Philippines on a trip to Beijing ...

GuangDong province ...

How to pronounce the four tones and speak PinYin correctly. With Qing Xia ...

ZheJiang province.

Not the rise of, just the return. A talk by Australian Malcolm Turnbull ... A comment re defense spending - per capita (person), China is not even in the top 15 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditure_per_capita Defense spending is in fact very small considering the size of the country.