The Giant Buddha at LingShan Temple near WuXi 无锡

With Dr. May-yi Shaw. Meet the pioneers of the Belt and Road Initiative ...

A must see, beautiful film if you're thinking of traveling to China - one of the very best films of its type : great adventures, lovely family. Places visited include BeiJing, Xi'An, ZhangJiaJie, GuiLin, Hong Kong, HuaShan, the LongJi rice terraces, and more ...

Dance - the second international language, after its sister : music. BeijingBuzzz is 9 (and a half - July 2017) ! So besides a little jelly, we thought we'd celebrate with a typically eclectic selection of 12 dance videos from our first 9 years ... Two left feet ? No matter; whatever your passion, remember that time flies - follow your dream; how often does the butterfly land in the palm of your hand .

Continuing our visitors' Chinese language guide ...

A fascinating, hour plus documentary by CCTV's Travelogue (from the English language CCTV9 channel). Dali is a four and a half hours drive from KunMing, the provincial capital of YunNan in south China, or forty minutes by air. By rail it is also connected to nearby LiJiang. We haven't posted a Travelogue for a couple of years, but are very happy to say that it is back to its best - intelligent presenter and beautiful cinematography.

A beautiful hike. The journey takes about 4 to 5 hours at a reasonably relaxing pace.

Where the journey began ... Looking back and return ...

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

Near / on the border with Vietnam ...

SiChuan province. 成都大熊猫繁育研究基地