Those Chinese Videos

[Randy W]

from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/1015878458623107/

 

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Fire engine held up at toll in China

Despite its blaring sirens, this fire engine was held up at a toll booth while responding to a call in China.

 

Edited February 24, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

An interesting video from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/308197036573611/

From backwater to big city: The Shenzhen story

South China Morning Post

 

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15K Views ·

about an hour ago ·

Few places in the world have developed as fast as Shenzhen. This is how it went from rural backwater to international metropolis in 40 years.

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[Randy W]

from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/355665009819/videos/259284978086016

South China Morning Post

 

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Heavy fog and smog hit eastern China

Swathes of eastern China were choked by heavy smog on Tuesday, bringing travel chaos to the region's roads and airports .

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[Randy W]

from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/355665009819/videos/2753466381345532

South China Morning Post

· November 30 ·

 

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'Flipping' Chinese kids
Training to be a gymnast in China looks really tough.

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[Randy W]

from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/739114683114115/

You could soon buy inventions of 'China's useless Edison'

South China Morning Post

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Want to buy China's useless Edison's meat-cleaver comb or table football barbecue? You could soon get the chance

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[Randy W]

from the SCMP - some of our older members will remember the White Swan Hotel and the nearby original location of the U.S. Embassy on Shamian Island. We visited there in 2014, but the hotel was closed for renovation.

on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/320421211881944/

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/48754-our-little-one-turned-5-this-month/?p=629582

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/48740-august-20-2002/

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/47491-the-beauty-of-guangzhou/

China's first international hotel

South China Morning Post

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Welcome to the White Swan, China's first international hotel and an iconic symbol of the country's opening up.

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[Randy W]

from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/514700852345100/

SCMP Films - China's last cave people

South China Morning Post

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These are China's last cave people - but for how long more will they be allowed to call this cave their home?

 

This is part of SCMP Films, must-watch video featuring extraordinary stories from Hong Kong, China and around Asia.

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[Randy W]

from That is China on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thatischina/videos/586551911793873/

The New Me

That is China

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Check this video which follows the adventures of photographer Wang Guoli as he travelled around China during the reform and opening up period in the 1980s in China, and learns about life on the way.

 

This video is the first in a series that looks at China's development over the past 40 years.

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[Randy W]

End of the Great Wall of China

Paul Coles
Published on Mar 17, 2017

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Gansu, North West China.The west end of the wall, following the silk road West

 

 

Edited February 24, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/2302388913384118/

China's "Bigfoot" - the 'yeren'

South China Morning Post

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For centuries, locals have claimed a monster lives in this forest in China. Could the 400 people who say they've seen "China's Bigfoot" all be wrong?

 

This is part of SCMP Films, must-watch video featuring extraordinary stories from Hong Kong, China and around Asia. More here: http://sc.mp/films1

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[Randy W]

'Merry Christmas' in Cantonese - from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1177726695715732

South China Morning Post

 

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Luisa Tam spreads Christmas cheer'Tis the season to be jolly. Let Luisa Tam show you how to spread some Cantonese cheer.

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[Randy W]

A new interesting look at the "World's marketplace" from China Daily - includes an interview with a "first generation" vendor in Yiwu - on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/chinadaily/videos/1019623468161324/

Discover China Episode Nine

China Daily

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Need a life-size robotic saxophone-playing Santa? Or a dozen? Then, #Yiwu is the place for you. If you can buy it anywhere in the world, you can buy it in "the world's supermarket".

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[Randy W]

If you haven't seen it already, this short video from Pixar is available FREE for one week only on YouTube, although it's not clear when the week ends.

Most of us will appreciate this.

Edit: Ooops - now too late!

https://youtu.be/iYaRZ4TNfus

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If you saw Incredibles 2 at the theater this summer, you probably also saw a sweet eight-minute short film called Bao, which is about a Chinese-Canadian empty nester who finds love in a steamed dumpling that suddenly comes to life (and needs a mom).

 

The film, which was written and directed by Domee Shi, was just shortlisted for the Best Animated Short Oscar, and will be free to watch on YouTube for the next week – so get your mini-bags of popcorn and tiny sodas ready.

 

The computer animated film, which is free of dialogue, follows an aging mom who “adopts” a steam dumpling that has come to live on her table. The pair share everything together (including pastries) but, just as her first child did, the baby bao grows up far too fast.

 

The movie was praised by audiences and critics alike when it was released, both for its amazing animation (which pays homage to claymation and stop-motion animation) and for its sometimes-shocking story that hits upon the issues of immigration, parenthood, aging, and acceptance.

 

Steams become reality! Our latest short, “Bao,” is streaming online for one week only. Watch it now: https://t.co/sX3DUB5Ij3 pic.twitter.com/92MrwVOfN2

— Pixar (@Pixar) December 17, 2018

Edited February 24, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

from the SCMP on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/scmp/videos/342520943249047/

Hong Kong's top five Christmas displays

South China Morning Post

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The festive season is in full swing in Hong Kong. To celebrate, we've rounded up the city's top five Christmas displays

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[Randy W]

Meanwhile, elsewhere in China (from the SCMP) . . .

‘Everything is gone’: trees, lights and bells vanish amid China’s Christmas crackdown

 

• Seasonal humbug appears not to be centrally organised but a spreading resistance to foreign festivals by local authorities

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At least four Chinese cities and one county have ordered Christmas decorations banned this year, according to official notices and interviews. Students, teachers and parents from 10 schools around China said Christmas celebrations had been curtailed.

 

“The ongoing local reaction against Christmas is part of the wider sentiment since Xi took power,” said Zi Yang, a China expert at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

 

Xi was trying to broaden the appeal of the party by casting it as a crusader for Chinese tradition in a fast-changing world, he said. “Therefore, foreign cultural elements such as Christmas are placed on the chopping block.”

 

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