China From Above

China is a vast country with a seemingly endless variety of landscapes. From the modern skylines of Shanghai and Hong Kong to the ancient city walls of Xi'an, the former capital of the 'Middle Kingdom'. Imposing rice terraces contrast with stark desert scenery, massive coal factories rub shoulders with newly built cities.

I have been privileged to visit China a number of times in the last decade or so, usually with a photo- and or video camera in hand, trying to capture glimpses of this ever evolving nation. Earlier this year, I took the opportunity to travel across the country for another 3 months, focusing primarily on aerial photography and filming.

This little adventure took me from the Northern 'rust belt provinces' to the beautiful mountain landscapes of national parks like Zhangjiajie (often named as an inspiration for the popular Avatar movie) and Jiuzhaigou. I also visited some cities to gain an aerial perspective of China's urban development, and came across several major infrastructure projects. The rural backwaters in Guangxi province were a personal favorite to explore, with the surreal Dragon's Backbone rice terraces and karst scenery around Guilin.

I edited some of this material into one single clip, trying to show some of the diversity I came across. The drone I traveled around with was the DJI Phantom 4.

You will find footage from the following places in this clip (in no particular order): Zhangjiajie national park, the Yangtze River (Three Gorges), Dunhuang (sand dunes and solar panels), Guazhou (wind turbines), Hebei province (Great Wall of China), Dazhai (Dragon's Backbone rice terraces), Fujian province (Hakka 'tulou' round houses), Pingyao, Changsha (Mao Zedong memorial), Liaoning province (several industrial sites and 'ghost cities'), Guangzhou (Evergrande football stadium), Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jishou (Aizhai bridge), Hainan island, Chongqing, Guilin, Jiuzhaigou national park, Zhengzhou, Linxia (golden domed mosque), Zhangye national park, Macau, Hukou waterfalls, and Shenzhen.

Comments and suggestions are always appreciated, thanks for watching!

Copyright of all footage: Hoffer Media

[real_unforgettablereallife]

I work for this Chinese civil engineering company "group six international" in Tanzania as a carpenter, , , within one month of working with them I came to realise that Chinese are the most hardworking people on earth, whatever they have achieved today they deserve it all

[popman]

I am Hong Kong people, I love my country
Love and peace 🙌🏻🙌🏻🇨🇳🇨🇳🇭🇰🇭🇰

[sbnur]

The real picture of china..thanks for the video..truly the picture of progress and growth🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[malikumarjann]

Really amazing...
Our true Friend!
Love you China from PAKISTAN 🇵🇰!

[rogan]

This video deserves millions of views. China is such an amazing country I can't wait to live and work there. Would love more videos like this.

[kurtshady]

Love and respect to the great china
Nepal is a small brother of china
hope Nepal had easy boarder with china
love from ur Nepal
Long live Nepal and china relationship

[robertobhro]

Outstanding work. Video and music work so well together and give a sense of the vastness of the country. It raised the hair on my neck most certainly.

[arthur.william]

I really want to visit this spectacular country that is China. Hugs from Brazil! 🇧🇷❤🇨🇳

[JeshiaSmily]

For those who never stop criticizing, China is today like this because of all the hard work they have done. From a very poor country to one of the most advanced countries is not easy. So stop saying that the world is contaminated thanks to them and all those stupid things. Why you people never see the good things and always believe what the western media says? goshh

[avinashkhetri]

I love how china converted them selves from a poor to a developed nation in such less time, even though our country relations are not good, i salute them for this epic transformation.

[qqqzzz]

If you want to see advanced city go USA france canada Australia
If you want to enjoy nature go Nepal Switzerland Bhutan
If you want to see both go China
Love from your oldest neghibour Nepal
China's development is inspiration for any developing country

[constantinechou]

Thanks for showing these beautiful Chinese places which those western media never want the world to see. Thanks.

[bedrumohammed]

I'm from Ethiopian but I like China I wish one day to visit China

[marcogiovanelli]

china is a such beautiful country from Albania, Europe

[joserodrigues]

Beautiful! Pity BBC or CNN doesn't show

[ajabeen]

This country is really beautiful idk why some countries hate this country 😐
I am Not saying all people' of other countries I am saying people who think china is bad, china isn't bad do what haters wanna do who cares they are just jealous of china 😂
Love from india 🇮🇳
Please dont hate me now 😐 if I am Indian

[TheMushopiaChannel]

“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.”
― Napoléon Bonaparte

[michaelwei]

Thanks for shooting and editing this masterpiece.
I cried. This is my country, my motherland.

[mauricioquideroli]

Beautiful images!!
China is a beautiful country, I hope they can solve the pollution problem to become even more beautiful!!
Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[haichkay]

Beautiful mystical China, Love from Pakistan!!!!