Scenes from ZhouZhuang 周庄

5 examples in ShanDong province, east China ...

The BBC in Hong Kong - fake news ? Nathan Rich lays it out ...

All restaurants will have dishes to cater for vegans and vegetarians but to be certain there's no trace of meat or meat oil or egg in your food, head to a specialized vegetarian restaurant. There are quite a few in all major cities but you'll need to look them up on the net. Some of these are run by devotees, some exist to cater to Buddhist people. Some have 'meat substitutes', such as vegetable based chicken, duck, prawns, etc., made from things like bean curd and mushroom, and are remarkably good. In these films, Nadine shows us some of what you can eat in BeiJing ... Hot tip : A great dish you can get at many restaurants is Di San Xian 地三鮮 (literally, '3 things from the earth') - stir fried potato, aubergine (egg-plant) and green pepper. Mildly spicy, filling, comforting and delicious; a great choice for anyone. Bonus film - a wander through BeiJing and a trip to the Great Wall of China (GuBeiKou and SiMaTai) ... Plus, some vegetarian Chinese recipes ... [videogallery id=PLGjygoUcwWPf1FIojEsG9aLCEn6JhhBBD type=playlist c=3 n=9]

Not just where the real power projections are coming from, but also the psychological projection - blame the 'hostile states' when the hostile states are really oneself.

There are nearly 300 photographs in this beautiful slideshow ...

With Walk East ...

A great film of the Great Wall north of Beijing, including 'wild wall', accompanied by great music (踏古 (Ta Gu) by Lin Hai, 'Walking into Ancientry', with Chinese lute (pipa)). We [mum, dad - videographer - and son and daughter, from Singapore] hiked 3 sections of the Great Wall in winter, without any guides after studying blogs and posts by fellow hikers. All these sections are different. From the unrestored GuBeiKou Great Wall where we were the only people around, to the wonderful JinShanLing, where the climb is steep and every direction gives you good photo opportunities, to the restored MuTianYu where we hiked in heavy snowfall. We stayed at local farmhouses on both nights, dined with the locals and hitched rides to nearby bath-houses. Temperature ranged from -5 deg C (day) to -12 deg C (night). Winter daybreak is at 7am and the sky becomes dark by 5pm so one has only 10 hours of daylight, so plan your travelling and hiking schedules carefully. This once-in-a-lifetime experience was captured on video and we would like to share it with you. The feelings just can't be described - you need to experience it first hand. Take only memories, leave only footprints and kindness ... A wonderful animation combining traditional Chinese painting and dance - don't miss it ! 踏古-林海 作曲：林海 视频作者：中国传媒大学动画学院

Runs from January 5th to the end of February each year.The artistic side of this cultural tradition derives from the making of wind-proof shells for candle-based lanterns using hollowed-out ice blocks.

GuangXi province. The four hour Li River cruise from GuiLin to YangShuo passes through spectacular karst peaks scenery, making it one of the top tourist attractions in China. The film also includes views over YangShuo and a short boat trip from FuLi (down river from YangShuo) before sunset. Very beautiful ...

HóngCūn is a well preserved 800 year old village in southern AnHui province, near the southwest slope of Mount HuangShan. Award-winning Virtual Reality film ... A trip to HongCun ...

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Martin Jacques, Hannah Ryder and David Monyae (with emphasis ob Africa) ... (Note : a few audio issues here and there)