The Great Wall : JinShanLing 金山岭 to SiMaTai 司马台, BeiJing

A late afternoon trip through the famous karst peaks, plus views of the Li River at sunset. GuangXi province.

A short 30 minute high speed train ride from BeiJing, TianJin is the largest coastal city in northern China.

A talk by Australian Kevin Rudd ...

A 5-6 hours hike along the scenic YangDi to XingPing section of the Li River, GuangXi province. From YangShuo bus station there are regular buses to YangDi; the journey takes about an hour. After the ferry crossing at YangDi, the trek through farms and villages to the 2nd ferry crossing takes about an hour. At QuanJiaZhou, you can take a raft then continue on foot to the 3rd ferry crossing.

Song and dance, late night shopping, dining, strolling ...

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

An hour north from BeiJing city center ...

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 .

A short documentary - an extended preview of Chris Crudelli's film on the martial arts in China today.

Filmed in 2013. BeiJing, Forbidden City and Great Wall - ZhangJiaJie, National Forest Park and WuLingYuan Scenic Area - YangShuo, Li River - Shangri-La, SongZanLin Monastery and BaLaGeZong - ShanGri-La - Grand Canyon National Park - Tiger Leaping Gorge - YangTse River - LiJiang, Old Town - Hong Kong.

With Mark Wiens ...