A trip to HaiNan 海南 tropical paradise island province

HaiNan ('South Sea') island is the southern-most part of China.

HaiNan map

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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)

The BeiJing 北京 2022 Winter Olympics

The Olympics return to China's capital, the first time a city has hosted both the summer and winter Games ...

DaLi ancient town walkabout, YunNan province

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Selena is from the Philipines. The first film features LongQing Gorge, an acrobatics show and BaDaLing Great Wall. The second, Beijing Zoo, the Olympic Park and ChaoYang Park ...