Future China – a talk by Martin Jacques

With Ken Abroad ... Bonus film - first time on the ShangHai Metro ...

In the West, mung beans are known from being the source of bean sprouts; yet they are more versatile than just that. Follow the whole life of the mung bean and how to make mung bean pastries. From seeds to beans takes about 4 months if planted in the spring. To get bean sprouts from the beans can take little more than a week ...

Compare that with the UK's (maybe) 250 km single line (HS2). With Jason / Living In China ... With For All Life's Adventures ...

5th March 2023. To mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of Zhou EnLai - one of the top leaders of the Chinese Revolution, and Premier of People's China from 1949 until his death in 1976 - we conducted an extensive interview with Professor Ken Hammond about Zhou's life and legacy. The interview covers Zhou EnLai's formation as a revolutionary; his role in the early years of the Chinese Revolution in the 1920s; his working relationship with Mao Zedong; his contribution to Marxist understanding of socialist foreign policy; his role in establishing links of solidarity between China and Africa; his role in the negotiations with Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon that brought about the start of a rapprochement between the US and China; his experiences in the Cultural Revolution; and his lasting legacy, both in China and globally. Ken Hammond is a professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University, founding director of the Confucius Institute at New Mexico State University, and an activist with Pivot to Peace. He’s also a member of the Friends of Socialist China advisory group, and is working on a biography of Zhou EnLai. He is interviewed by our co-editor Carlos Martinez.

A beautiful 'garden within a garden'. The first film BeijingBuzzz ever made; a 'one shot' movie. Filmed at the end of September 2010.

Love is family (and that is all of us). Love is happiness. Love is coming together. Some early CNY decorations - with Street Snap ... ... More to come - stay tuned ! ...

Get up, get up, get up (and go). With a cool drum and bass mix, and some snazzy editing ...