Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure #16: Hengyang, Hunan Province. Chinese cities love to develop trendy, artsy districts for the citizens to enjoy. Must-read commentary, and 14 captioned photos.

2025-08-01

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Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure Series. 2025: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Shaanxi Provinces’ Red Tour. Short videos, captioned photos, articles and commentary. The REAL Chinese people you don’t know! https://radiosinoland.com/2025/07/27/amirjeffs-excellent-china-adventure-series-2025-hunan-jiangxi-fujian-and-shaanxi-provinces-red-tour-short-videos-captioned-photos-articles-and-commentary-the-real-chinese-people-you-don/ Commentary about trendy, artsy districts and life among the Chinese Westerners have the impression that the Chinese are stodgy and lack creativity. Yet, there is more…

Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure #15: Hengyang, Hunan Province. Ferris wheels have taken over 3rd, 4th and 5th tier cities, creating summer nightlife and daytime winter fun. Must-read commentary, graph and 14 captioned photos.

2025-07-30

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Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure Series. 2025: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Shaanxi Provinces’ Red Tour. Short videos, captioned photos, articles and commentary. The REAL Chinese people you don’t know! https://radiosinoland.com/2025/07/27/amirjeffs-excellent-china-adventure-series-2025-hunan-jiangxi-fujian-and-shaanxi-provinces-red-tour-short-videos-captioned-photos-articles-and-commentary-the-real-chinese-people-you- Commentary about city tiers, population trends and life among the Chinese What is a town? What is a city? What is a village? China has 1000s…

Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure #14: Hengyang, Hunan Province. The Resistance War Memorial Hall shows the bloody sacrifices made to be liberated and free from the West, Japan and KMT. Five short videos with photo.

2025-07-29

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Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure Series. 2025: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Shaanxi Provinces’ Red Tour. Short videos, captioned photos, articles and commentary. The REAL Chinese people you don’t know! https://radiosinoland.com/2025/07/27/amirjeffs-excellent-china-adventure-series-2025-hunan-jiangxi-fujian-and-shaanxi-provinces-red-tour-short-videos-captioned-photos-articles-and-commentary-the-real-chinese-people-you-don/ Videos #1-Intro… Transcript China’s civil war Okay. Amir and I are on our excellent tour to study the history of the civil war in China. It was…

Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure #13: a critically important look back at my family’s life in 1990s China, to fully appreciate what you are living vicariously with us.

2025-07-27

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Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure Series. 2025: Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and Shaanxi Provinces’ Red Tour. Short videos, captioned photos, articles and commentary. The REAL Chinese people you don’t know! https://radiosinoland.com/2025/07/27/amirjeffs-excellent-china-adventure-series-2025-hunan-jiangxi-fujian-and-shaanxi-provinces-red-tour-short-videos-captioned-photos-articles-and-commentary-the-real-chinese-people-you-don/ A very short and revealing essay to put things into proper perspective The good, the bad and the ugly The Chinese people who you’re seeing during…

Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure #12: Hengyang, Hunan Province to Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province slow train. A trip back in time when my family lived here 1990-1997. Eight 1mn videos with 15 captioned photos.

2025-07-26

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Location Hengyang (衡阳), Hunan Province （湖南省） to Jinggangshan (井冈山)，Jiangxi Province （江西省） Videos #1 Transcript A nostalgic trip back to when my family lived in China 1990-1997 This is a typical train station when we lived in China from 1990 to 1997. These are the local/regional trains, the green trains that have hard seats. They’re…

Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure #11: Yueyang, Hunan Province. Chinese (free!) public museums are some of the best in the world, even smaller, municipal ones. With a number of photos.

2025-07-24

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Location Yueyang (岳阳), Hunan Province We did a too-short visit of the Yueyang Municipal Museum, as the afternoon was running out of time. Municipal museums, like provincial ones, are always free. Please note that all free museums in China are closed on Mondays. We are only showing you the section panels from the museum….

ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG- Story #25: all the fascinating details in 365-day, tear-a-page Chinese wall calendars. Here’s yours for your birthday!

2025-07-04

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Enjoy all the previous LadyB episodes here, https://radiosinoland.com/search/?q=ladyb And my many articles about Taiwan Province here, https://radiosinoland.com/2025/02/02/jeff-j-browns-taiwan-province-library-years-of-articles-podcasts-interviews-and-tv-shows-100000s-of-visitors-are-accessing-these-works-time-to-get-smart-china-rising-radio-sinoland-250202/ ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG Story #25: all the fascinating details in 365-day, tear-a-page Chinese wall calendars. Here’s yours for your birthday! Puli Town (our home), Taiwan, China. This is going out today at…

ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG- Story #24: 19 photos and videos of Dragon Boat Festival races and much more. A beloved, 2,500-year-old tradition celebrated everywhere in Sinoland!

2025-06-04

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Enjoy all the previous LadyB episodes here, https://radiosinoland.com/search/?q=ladyb And my many articles about Taiwan Province here, https://radiosinoland.com/2025/02/02/jeff-j-browns-taiwan-province-library-years-of-articles-podcasts-interviews-and-tv-shows-100000s-of-visitors-are-accessing-these-works-time-to-get-smart-china-rising-radio-sinoland-250202/ ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG Story #24: 19 photos and videos of Dragon Boat Festival races and much more. A beloved, 2,500-year-old tradition celebrated everywhere in Sinoland! Taizhong (Taichung), Taiwan, China. This is going…

ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG- Story #23: 30 photos and videos of fabulous, fascinating Dimu Temple, a 30-minute walk from where we live!

2025-05-20

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Enjoy all the previous LadyB episodes here, https://radiosinoland.com/search/?q=ladyb And my many articles about Taiwan Province here, https://radiosinoland.com/2025/02/02/jeff-j-browns-taiwan-province-library-years-of-articles-podcasts-interviews-and-tv-shows-100000s-of-visitors-are-accessing-these-works-time-to-get-smart-china-rising-radio-sinoland-250202/ ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG Story #23: 30 photos and videos of fabulous, fascinating Dimu Temple, a 30-minute walk from where we live! Puli Town, Taiwan, China. This is going out tomorrow at the post…

ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG- Story #22: Twenty-two pictures from Hanoi, Vietnam.

2025-04-25

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Enjoy all the previous LadyB episodes here, https://radiosinoland.com/search/?q=ladyb And my many articles about Taiwan Province here, https://radiosinoland.com/2025/02/02/jeff-j-browns-taiwan-province-library-years-of-articles-podcasts-interviews-and-tv-shows-100000s-of-visitors-are-accessing-these-works-time-to-get-smart-china-rising-radio-sinoland-250202/ ADVENTURES IN ASIA WITH LADYB, LAOLAO AND GONGGONG Story #22: Twenty-two pictures from Hanoi, Vietnam. Northern Vietnam via Puli Town, Taiwan, China. This is going out tomorrow at the post office! Dear Grandaughter Mila, Finally finding…

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