The BeiJing 北京 2008 Paralympics Opening Ceremony

HangZhou is located in north-western ZheJiang province, at the southern end of the Grand Canal, which runs from BeiJing, in the south-central portion of the YangTze river delta.

JǐNán is the provincial capital city of ShanDong province in east China. It is known as the 'City of Springs'. Including BaoTu Park and HongJiaLou ... Aerial views ...

Awesome craftsmanship ... Bonus film - a beautiful wood bowl ... And - pack basket plus hot, sweet and sour potato noodles ...

GuangDong province. Coordinated buses and bicycles improve the transportation for residents ...

Sometimes in browsing the web disparate things just seem to come together, as here. Two different popular singing shows, one an established artist, one a teen on a first audition; one common theme - 'this girl is on fire'. In the first video, from 'I am a singer', I was so struck by the gusto of the performance. The cut-aways are to the other competitors; one can feel that the knives were out (in some cases) but she said 'take that', and nailed it ... The song is hard to translate but means something like : I want to be the real me (not one with a smile who is sad inside). Second is a lovely teen wearing a chili pepper (which is a big plus in my book); it's a bit rough in places but she hits the key lines great. Momo Wu (we love you too) watch out ;) What I love about the 'Voice of China' is that it has real humanity - judges with true music passion and pure hearts, plus a sense of hummor ... 鄧紫棋 G.E.M. (Gem Tang) - 存在_我是歌手第二季 中國好聲音 2014-07-18 第三季 - 第一期 劉至佳 - 'Girl on Fire' (Alicia Keys)

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With Sticker Travel ...

Sina is a very talented drummer, aged 14 / 15 in these films. Don't miss this ! The Surfaris - Wipe Out ... Pink Floyd - Time (featuring Sticky Hickey) - just awesome ... Metallica - Nothing Else Matters - featuring the very talented young singer Jadyn Rylee (a beautiful love song) ... The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again ('meet the new war; same as the old wars' - great song) ... Van Halen - Jump ... ELO - Mr Blue Sky ... Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll (featuring Alyona Yarushina and Andrei Cerbu) ... Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing ...

WuZhen, 乌镇, lies not far from ShangHai, where this film starts, and also HangZhou and SuZhou, in ZheJiang province (on the east coast, south of ShangHai)).

'Nine Villages Valley' in SiChuan province ...

Plus the adjacent SiMaTai Great Wall at night. Located in MiYun County, about two and a half hours drive north of central Beijing.

A film by kinabaloo.com and BeijingBuzzz.com ...