Every year Travel + Leisure releases their list of the world’s best hotel awards ranking the top accommodation options. Looking at the top hotels list for hotels and resorts in Asia 2009, India, Thailand, China and Hong Kong dominate the list.
Following are the top Asian hotels in the best world hotels list for the [...]
Social network maps do a great job of giving you information you usually don’t come across which summarizes big stories into easily interpretable graphs. Having being part of Facebook for quite some time now, I think it’s been long enough for me to find and connect to the majority of those who I know or [...]
Macau is a fascinating place. With a surreal mixture of European Portuguese architecture next to monstrous shiny world-class casinos in a Chinese atmosphere, it all gets quite overwhelming. Somehow, those striking contrasts co-exists in Macau in an appealing balance.
Last weekend, I made a quick visit to Macau with a good friend and had a [...]
I can’t get enough of time-lapse videos. I can watch those over and over again. Following are some of the absolutely stunning China related time-lapse videos I’ve seen recently. I suggest watching those in High Definition (HD) and full screen, where possible.
China’s 60th Anniversary National Day
The parade in Tiananmen Square to mark the [...]
Located at the Overseas Chinese Town in Shenzhen is the China Folk Cultural Village, taking you through China’s minorities cultures.
I’ll start off with one of the really impressive shows they run on the park showing a live battle between the Qing and the Ming…
Watch the following videos to "feel the atmosphere"…
The best show doesn’t [...]
The 2009 Miss Universe Pageant is held at Atlantis, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. Following our annual routine, we take a quick look at this year’s global perceptions of Asian beauty through the national contestants. Last year’s (2008) Miss Universe was Miss Venezuela Danyana Mendoza, and it was Miss Japan that made Asian beauty proud [...]
Seeing China has never been easier. Splendid China Folk Culture Village in Shenzhen promises to deliver the highlights of China with a walkable amusement park. Splendid China exhibits mini-versions of all the main natural and historical attractions of China.
Precise miniature of Xian Terra Cotta Warriors, The Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City, The Old [...]
I’ve been following the China blogosphere for about 4 years now, ever since I became passionate about all things Chinese. As a tribute to the hard working bloggers I wrote an article for "Here’s Dong Guan", a monthly expat magazine for the city of Dong Guan in Guangdong province, and it was published in the [...]
