12 hours of Chinese music for relaxation, meditation and study

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton talk with economist Michael Hudson. Don't miss it ...

A beautiful National Forest park and renowned scenic area. Includes the world's longest cable car ride (7 km), up through the clouds ...

Join Tim and Glo as they visit West Lake, the LongJing tea terraces, chill out with a hot-pot (that's chilli not tomato, btw) and more in HangZhou, ZheJiang province, east China, just 120 miles / 180 km from ShangHai ... What better way to end a misty, rainy day at the lake than a Hot Pot ... Bonus film - back in ShangHai, popping out for fried rice and chicken street food take away, passing the Bund and YuYuan Gardens by bicycle ...

NanJing is the provincial capital of JiangSu, east China, not far from Shanghai.

Music, dance and exercise ... First film is at TaoRanTing Park; the second at TianTan Park.

Snow Patrol - 'Run' - acoustic cover - with Julia Westin and David MeShow - just awesome - connect your bestest amp - that celtic influence and those chord changes - wow! - gotta love this - soooo beautiful ... Bravo the sound engineers, as well as these two great artists; plus Snow Patrol, for creating this pure and poignant artwork. PLUS : 'Number 1' - with Touch & Go / Buddha Bar - there's something about the rhythm here that makes this special ...

Some highlights from the five hour CCTV spectacular - the best ever ! From BeiJing, ShangHai, YangShuo and Harbin ...

The West's new cold war is hotting up. What is the US up to in all China's neighbors ... Derailing China's Belt and Road Initiative, this time in Pakistan ... Malaysia ...

Our third and final post on the 4th series of the Voice of China - surprise edition ; ) Includes : Lin Yan (林燕) - "别来纠缠我" (Don't Pester Me) Zhang Xin (张新) - "Fallin'" 21:14 Zhu Ke (朱克) - "离不开你" (Can't Leave You) 24:08 SaYa Chang (张惠春) - "怎么说我不爱你" (How Can You Say I Don't Love You) 27:31 Li ZhiXian (李致贤) & Chyi Chin (齐秦) - "火柴天堂" (Matchstick Heaven) and more ... Much more music : click here !

With Rafa Goes Around! ...

From the ashes of Western imperialism, the first Summer Palace, close by the 'new' Summer Palace (YiHeYuan), is still an enchanting place of natural beauty and Chinese garden arts ...