{"id":32006,"date":"2018-12-31T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=32006"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:40:12","slug":"magical-china-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/magical-china-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;MAGICAL CHINA&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;MAGICAL CHINA&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lGV6y3RoEIc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">A Country, vast in man-power, with superior technology that is still little-known to other Countries around this big &#8220;blue ball&#8221; called Earth, once the Capital of all Communist Countries, now also called &#8220;Free China&#8221;, over-taking, and taking-over (in one breath), parts &amp; parcels of other Countries, like the City of Hambanthota (in Sri Lanka), in addition to gaining 99 year leases &amp; plenty of them, elsewhere, China, where inscruitability seems just another asset, is nonetheless &#8220;Magical China&#8221; as I would call it, and I am sure that all our readers of eLanka will agree with me, as you scan the beautiful images below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29910\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0Desmond Kelly<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\">(Editor-in-Chief) &#8211; eLanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A land of epic contrasts: Stunning images show the breathtakingly diverse scenery of China, from towering cities to magical mountains<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>It&#8217;s a country with neck-straining skyscrapers, cormorant fishermen and terrifying glass walkways<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Hong Kong skyline is packed with high-rises &#8211; it has over 1,500 buildings classed as skyscrapers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The stunning Deitan waterfall is one of the biggest in Asia and sits right on the Chinese border with Vietnam\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><b>China<\/b><b>\u00a0&#8211; it&#8217;s at once a mystery and yet something so familiar to Westerners.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Its culture &#8211; its food, the way its people dress, its ideologies &#8211; is known across the world.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><b>But it still remains something of an undiscovered country for many outside its borders.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><b>We&#8217;re hoping that these stunning images will reveal a bit more about the country and underscore just what a jaw-droppingly diverse place it is.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><b>It&#8217;s a country with neck-straining skyscrapers, cormorant fishermen, dramatic waterfalls, terrifying glass walkways, Unesco-listed national parks and, for a bonus, the world&#8217;s biggest city square.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\"><b>Scroll down to see China in all its glory &#8211; and perhaps adjust your bucket list.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32007 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Scroll-down-to-see-China-in-all-its-glory1.jpg\" alt=\"Scroll down to see China in all its glory1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Li River loops around the karst mountains in Guilin. The Chinese regard the scenery in Guilin as among the most beautiful in the world<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32008 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Li-River-loops-around2-544x400.jpg\" alt=\"Li River loops around\" width=\"544\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Chinese just can&#8217;t seem to get enough of nerve-shredding walkways. Here&#8217;s one made out of glass on Tianmen Mountain<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32009 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tianmen-Mountain3-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"Tianmen Mountain\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>A spectacular shot captured from Victoria Peak, the highest part of Hong Kong, showing the skyscrapers below. There are 1,500 buildings in Hong Kong that are classed as skyscrapers, meaning they are taller than 328 feet\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32010 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Victoria-Peak4.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Peak\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Hong Kong\u00a0is one of the most densely populated areas on earth. This image of its high-rise buildings has a hypnotic quality about it<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32011 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Hong-Kong-5-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Hong Kong \" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Wispy clouds hang over a winding road that leads up one of the hills in the stunning Tianmen Mountain National Park. The mountain itself has been named as one of the most scenic in China\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32012 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tianmen-Mountain-National-Park6-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Tianmen Mountain National Park6\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The lush green fields of the Longsheng Rice Terrace in Guangxi province. This upland area has been cultivated for rice for over 800 years using a terrace and irrigation system<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32013 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/terrace-and-irrigation-system7-559x400.jpg\" alt=\"terrace and irrigation system\" width=\"559\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The\u00a0Lujiazui district of Shanghai is classed as the city&#8217;s financial district. It&#8217;s home to the bizarrely shaped Shanghai World Financial Centre (the second-tallest building in this shot), which has been compared to the shape of a bottle opener\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32014 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/World-Financial-Centre-8.jpg\" alt=\"World Financial Centre \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The high-rise buildings of Shanghai, this time captured in an image that shows the Huangpu River looping around them.\u00a0The meaning of the name of the city of Shanghai is &#8216;upon the sea&#8217;. This alludes to the Shanghai\u2019s location along the Yangtze River Delta near the South China Sea<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32016 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/high-rise-buildings-of-Shanghai8.jpg\" alt=\"high-rise buildings of Shanghai\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The 1,535ft Oriental Pearl Tower, left, can be seen dominating the skyline of Shanghai. Until 2007, it was the tallest structure in China<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32015 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Oriental-Pearl-Tower9-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Oriental Pearl Tower\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The sun sets on waterlogged rice fields in Yuanyang County. Around 200million tons of rice are produced in China each year\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32017 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Yuanyang-County10.jpg\" alt=\"Yuanyang County\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Two ships sail down the Yangtze River amid breathtaking hills. The river is the longest in Asia, stretching for almost 4,000 miles<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32018 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Yangtze-River-amid-breathtaking-hills11.jpg\" alt=\"Yangtze River amid breathtaking hills\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Cars travel along a highway through China&#8217;s capital Beijing. Due to rising car ownership, Beijing is one of the worst places in the world for air pollution\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32019 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Chinas-capital-Beijing12-600x363.jpg\" alt=\"China's capital Beijing\" width=\"600\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Li River meanders around the lush green hills in\u00a0Yangshuo County. We just couldn&#8217;t resist featuring this scenery twice<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32020 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/meanders-around-the-lush-green-hills13-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"meanders around the lush green hills\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Great Wall of China is estimated to stretch more than 13,000 miles across China. It attracts 10million visitors each year<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32021 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Great-Wall-of-China14.jpg\" alt=\"Great Wall of China\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The incredible jagged peaks located in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie. The area is on Unesco&#8217;s world heritage list and the site is dominated by more than 3,000 narrow sandstone pillars and peaks. Some rise to 600ft<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32022 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/incredible-jagged-peaks15-535x400.jpg\" alt=\"incredible jagged peaks\" width=\"535\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Mist swirls around the peaks of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area in this wonderful picture taken from a tourist boat on a lake below<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32023 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mist-swirls-around-16.jpg\" alt=\"Mist swirls around \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Twin River Bridge spans the\u00a0Yuzhong peninsula in the south western city of Chongqing. The city is the fourth biggest in China after\u00a0Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32024 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Twin-River-Bridge-spans-17.jpg\" alt=\"Twin River Bridge spans \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Tianjin\u00a0(its financial district is pictured), has a population of around 15million and its metropolitan district covers 4,200 square miles<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32025 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Tianjin-18.jpg\" alt=\"Tianjin \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>A farmer guides his water buffalo across a stone bridge in the Guilin region.\u00a0Water buffalo are the most important animal for these farmers as they are able to till the flooded rice paddy fields<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32026 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/stone-bridge-in-the-Guilin19.jpg\" alt=\"stone bridge in the Guilin\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Cormorant fishing in China is a practice that stretches back at least 1,000 years. The birds dive and catch fish for their masters but are prevented from swallowing big catches by a snare tied around their throats. This beautiful image was captured in Guilin<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32027 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cormorant-fishing-in-China20-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Cormorant fishing in China\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Welcome to the world&#8217;s largest city square &#8211; Xinghai Square, which was built in 1998. It&#8217;s located in the city of Dalian and covers 270 acres<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32028 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/worlds-largest-city-square21.jpg\" alt=\"world's largest city square\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Xinshi is a Chinese &#8216;water town&#8217; that was built around 1,000 years ago. China can be overwhelmingly industrial and wonderfully quaint&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32029 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Xinshi-is-a-Chinese22.jpg\" alt=\"Xinshi is a Chinese 'water town' that was built around 1,000 years ago. China can be overwhelmingly industrial and wonderfully quaint...\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>A hidden settlement sits in the basin of a valley in the Yandang Mountains in eastern China. The mountains are thought to be one of the areas where the South China tiger can be found<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32030 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/hidden-settlement-sits-in-the-basin23.jpg\" alt=\"hidden settlement sits in the basin\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Dam that&#8217;s beautiful: The small islands that are scattered in Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang province. The lake, which is a fresh-water, human-made body of water, was formed in 1959 after the completion of the Xin&#8217;an River hydroelectric station\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32031 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dam24-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Dam\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The colourful mountains of the\u00a0Zhangye National Geopark close to China&#8217;s border with Mongolia.\u00a0Sandstone and mineral deposits have created the swirling orange, yellow and white lunar-like landscape<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32032 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/colourful-mountains-of-the-Zhangye25-600x384.jpg\" alt=\"colourful mountains of the Zhangye\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>A light monorail track has been built to go through a hole in a residential 19-storey building in China. The city of Chongqing in the south-east of the country has a population of 49 million packed into 31,000 square miles, causing urban planners to look creatively at solving space issues. A special railway station was built into the block of houses, set into the sixth to eighth floors<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32033 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/A-light-monorail-track26.jpg\" alt=\"A light monorail track\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Yunnan\u00a0province in south west China is known for its diverse landscape. Pictured are rural farming fields giving off a red autumnal glow\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32034 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Yunnan-province-27-600x374.jpg\" alt=\"Yunnan province\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Karakul Lake in\u00a0Xinjiang, an autonomous region of north western China.\u00a0There are two Kirgiz settlements along the shore of the lake and pictured is a traditional Kirgiz yurt\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32035 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Karakul-Lake-in-Xinjiang28.jpg\" alt=\"Karakul Lake in Xinjiang,\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Blue Moon Valley, pictured, takes it name from the striking colour of the river close to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Yunnan. The river\u00a0is fed by melting snow and ice running down from the peak\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32036 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Blue-Moon-Valley28-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Moon Valley\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Detian Waterfall is often described as Asia&#8217;s biggest trans-national waterfall as it sits on the border of both China and Vietnam. Over the past 1,000 years, the waterfall has eroded and has moved slowly upstream<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32037 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Detian-Waterfall29-600x377.jpg\" alt=\"Detian Waterfall\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The Crescent Moon Spring in Dunhuang is an oasis in the middle of the desert.\u00a0The oasis, which is believed to have existed for 2,000 years, was shrinking fast due to increasing desertification in the region before the government began to refill it<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32038 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/The-Crescent-Moon-Spring30.jpg\" alt=\"The Crescent Moon Spring\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Winters can be harsh in northern China and it is not unusual to see snow in cities such as\u00a0Harbin, Beijing and Tianjin<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32039 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/harsh-in-northern-China31.jpg\" alt=\"harsh in northern China\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>A giant panda clings on to a tree in Chengdu while posing for the camera. The bear is native to central China but there are just over 1,800 left in the wild<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32040 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/giant-panda-clings32.jpg\" alt=\"giant panda clings\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>A traditional boat floats past the historic buildings lining a canal in Shanghai. These days, the boats are popular with tourists<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32041 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/traditional-boat-floats33.jpg\" alt=\"traditional boat floats\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>Shipping containers are lined up ready to be loaded at Shanghai International Shipping Centre.\u00a0The port of Shanghai is the busiest in the world in terms of cargo tonnage moved<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32042 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Shipping-containers-34.jpg\" alt=\"Shipping containers\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><b>The\u00a0Yingwuzhou Bridge in Wuhan crosses the mammoth Yangtze River. Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central China. 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