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CGTN - China's Veterans recall the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, or the Korean War as it is known in the U.S.

Dafen Artist Colony in Shenzhen is China's largest artist's village. There were several artists at work.

In China you OWN your property indefinitely. If the government wants to take "their land" back, they will need to replace the home with a new equivalent home at 1.3 times the floor space. Nobody actually holds a lease - the developers who bought it in the first place have LONG since disappeared.
That is, the "lease" applies to the land only.

SINGAPORE’S HOMEOWNERS HAVE 99 PROBLEMS (AND THE LEASE IS NO 1)

As the oldest public housing flats near the halfway mark of their 99-year leases, owners grapple with the fear that what once seemed an astute investment now seems doomed to depreciation


A model of a public housing estate at the Housing Development Board (HDB) gallery in Singapore. Photo: Reuters

Western governments thought they could resolve their ideological conflicts with China through soft power and decided to provide a number of films to China free of charge. For a long time, China’s state-run China Central Television channel was allowed to broadcast many American films for free. And throughout the 1980s, mainland theaters could screen subtitled European and American films largely without fear of prosecution.

水月岩风景区 Shuiyueyan Scenic Area or Water Moon Rock - I think it's like a Zen version of Rock Scissors Paper.

A series on three legendary women born in 1920
from the Sixth Tone

Most of us are aware of the many varieties of Chinese spoken within the country. Inhabitants of a region can talk with each other in a dialect which is unintelligible to someone who is not from that area.

2016 - We had a nice trip up the Yulong River (by car - too cold and windy for a raft trip). We found two of the three ancient bridges. And . . . we stayed at the Secret Garden in Jiuxian.

SEX & DATING IN CHINA. 7 things you should know
from Gab from China

GPS offset in data for China - The offset shows clearly here between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. San Sham Road in Hong Kong connects directly to XinShen Rd. in Shenzhen, but, due to the offset applied to the Chinese side, well, it's off by a couple hundred yards or so.

Some pictures from Kunming, Lijiang, Dali, Baisha and Xianggelila
a trip we took in 2012

'If the music is beautiful and sensual, why not dress to fit?'The Chinese piano prodigy takes no prisoners.

The famous Kai Tak International Airport, which was at one point the world's busiest single-runway airport in terms of traffic, and the third busiest airport on earth in terms of passenger numbers. However, while the airport was the gateway to Hong Kong, its constrained location meant it was doomed to failure.

Hezhou and Huangyao

China was a much different place in the 70's and 80's
From Feiyue plimsolls to the Shanghai watch worn by premier Zhou Enlai: how 3 made-in-China luxury items rose to fame
 
 
 
 
 

The discovery of a 3,000-year-old civilization at Sanxingdui raised profound questions about China’s ancient past. Now, researchers believe they’re finally close to finding some answers.

For us, the bus went on to Xianggelila, since we had originated at Lijiang. The trip to Dali was a separate trip.

Award-winning photos capture fading way of life on China’s slowest trains

“Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And, but for the interference with his arrangement, there would be no cause for such marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.”

A little bit of reading material and graphical interaction for those who are interested
The Palace Museum

Three things you don't see in China very often are rifles, firing ranges, and Republic of China flags. Huang Shaohong was a Kuomintang delegate to the peace talks after the Chinese Civil War in 1949.

Their walk began at Laolongtou -- or the Old Dragon's Head -- in Shanhai Pass, where what was once believed to be the easternmost stretch of the Wall reaches into the Bohai Sea. From there they forged westward toward the mountains of Hebei province and the vast Chinese territory stretching out beyond.

A Li'l Red Wagon with an electric motor, batteries, and a rheostat would make a fully functional electric vehicle. NIO is well above that level.

The other day (in 2014), I went off on my bicycle in search of a little area near Yulin labeled on Google maps as 古城(Ancient City). The entire trip was about 32 km, and took around 3 hours.

Stored in a basement in Denver for 70 years and never seen until 2021, hundreds of images taken by Harold Medill Sarkisian documented street life in 1930s and 1940s China.