The beautiful Temple of Heaven 天坛, BeiJing – slideshow

Modern China, center of business and commerce, began here, in GuangDong province, south east China, just forty years ago, following the vision and effort of Deng XiaoPing (1904 - 1997). Deng XiaoPing opened China to the world, as it had been during the long period of a prior golden age with the Silk Road to the Middle East and Europe (by land) and other parts of south east Asia and as far as Africa via the Silk Road of the Sea.

Nán Lián Yuán is a fine and beautiful example of Chinese garden arts ...

Including the Forbidden City (Palace Museum), BeiHai Park, the Temple of Heaven (TianTan) and the Summer Palace (YiHeYuan) ...

In particular, the SuZhou Industrial Park by JinJi Lake (first video).

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 ...

Filmed in autumn 2010 ...

Near YangShuo, GuangXi province.

'Nine Villages Valley' (Tibetan and Qiang). With walkways though hills and streams, cyan limestone pools and many waterfalls ...

Filmed in 2012 ...

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