The name of the park according to AutoNavi (Amap) is 江南绿轴公园 , Jiāngnán lǜ zhóu gōngyuán , or in English Jiangnan (South River) Green Axis Park). They're developing it slowly - avoiding tearing down existing

A world class museum/gift shop of Chinese culture. It is one of the more extravagant museums you'll find anywhere. A $350 million USD investment in Chinese culture by a Taiwan businessman, although it's

Fireworks recorded tonight from the roof of our building. Around 3:30, some of the residents get some pretty close views, including me. SteemIt World Map !steemitworldmap 22.6858645 lat 110.2400917 long

I Visited Beijing in back 2009. It was an extraordinary trip for me. What I learned from my trip was that Beijing is ful of traditions that were being followed and at the same time it was boosting with

Soon-to-be Cherry Blossom Lane. China's largest habitat and longest cherry blossom avenue at 230 mu (畝 or 亩) - roughly 38 acres or 153,000 sq m, 15 hectares. It's good to keep an eye on these things, so

North Korea has only two internet connections - one through China and one through Russia. Total traffic through those two connections is about what would be generated by a single small company in the West.

. . . or Yulin's Rich Garden 玉林园愽园. My wife wanted to go again. I thought, maybe the flowers are starting to bloom ?? February showers bring February flowers ?? Well, okay - maybe a little too early for

These are a little farther from the town center - scenery you might see in the area. I'll just add that in the west, if you mention how cold it is, you're liable to start a conversation about cold weather.

Food tends to be chopped fairly finely with meat cleavers into what APPEARS to be bite-sized chunks, but meat cleavers tend to dull, producing tiny fragments of bone that you can spend time trying to separate

Some pictures of Yulin which I have taken while living here since Dec., 2009. I am presenting the pictures in an album format - posting this way does not lend itself well to a narrative. Please enjoy and

Some pictures of Yulin which I have taken while here. Yulin is a city of around 1 million people (as of the last census in 2010), while closer to 7 million people live in the surrounding Yulin prefecture.

More in the series - Not the most spectacular, but some of my favorite photos from the southern provinces. I have included 17 images in this post - they may take some time to load. See also The Best of

"Ancient cities" are big business in China. There are plenty of building materials available to help in the reconstruction. Many start with simply what you see here. These pictures were from

The flower fields were only a couple hundred yards past where we went on Sunday - but at least we were able to find parking when we went back today. Jiaying was NOT impressed - she says they will not have

. . . for everyone who's interested. Feel free to FOLLOW ALL LINKS and comment below. It looks to me like China is trying to somewhat subtly take advantage of the U.S. lack of leadership in the Western

My wife had seen some pictures of some gorgeous flower gardens north of the city. We didn't get very far, however, thanks to the traffic. Maybe everyone else had the same idea, but traffic along this road

A continuation - back due to popular demand. Some of my favorite photos from the southern provinces. Pictures are presented here without text. Please check out my other posts at #randyw for information

Some interesting tidbits that may catch your attention. First of all, a fascinating human interest story about a Peking duck restaurant not as well traveled, but excellent in its own right. From the South

. . . spring planting at 玉林园愽园 Yuan Bo Yuan. A nice day today - 22°C/shirtsleeve weather. I even managed to work up a little sweat. The ladies are planting sprigs for spring foliage - we'll have to come

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