Cherry blossoms in Lijiang.

Edge of the village in Heshun.

Dong’an Lake Gymnasium. Venue of the World University Games.

Tengchong countryside.

Yulong snow mountain in Yunnan Province.

It’s the month of Love! Chinese Bride and Groom in Traditional Wedding Ceremony Attire.

Strolling along the street.

Tiger Models on Display at Chinatown Junction, Singapore.

Lushan Mountain.

Three Pagodas of Chongshen Temple,Yunnan,China

Hanging red couplets in the early morning in preparation for Chinese New Year – Year of the Rabbit.

A family reunion dinner in the early afternoon.

After dinner, children greet their elders, and the elders give children cash in red envelopes.

After dinner it’s a time to enjoy the fireworks.

People will gather together and enjoy TV programs, such as Chun Jie Wan Hui. This will be a time for family to gather together to make dumplings.

Huang Long and Jiuzhaigou Park National Park

Corner Tower of the Forbidden City

Enjoying fun times in the snow.

It was a perfect day for making snowballs.

Tang Yuan soup. Perfect after playing in the snow.

See you next year as we celebrate the Year of the Rabbit!

Yi Tribal Village.

Snowboarding in Beijing.

Wanchun Pavilion.

Beautiful Chinese bridge.

Summer Palace in Beijing.

The Great Wall in Autumn

Holy Mountain Xiannairi at Yading Nature Reserve

Sichuan, China

Summer Palace

Mountain Road

Clay pot chicken and rice.

Landscape Of Guilin

Kaohsiung

Nanjing Road

The Forbidden City

Tiger’s Nest

Yangtze riverbank promenade

Hankou concession district in Wuhan Hubei, China

International Commerce Centre and the Arch.

Rice field in Yangshuo Guilin, China

Chengdu Town Square

Kuanzhai Xiangzi lanes

Dazai Terraces And Villages At Longji, Guangxi, China.

Two Metal Workers Operating A Crane In A Steel Factory

Men Sailing On Small Boats On The Shennong Xi Stream

School of Suzhou University in South China.

Rice Terraced Field, Longsheng, China

The beautiful Jiangsu Garden Expo park

Yuangyang Hani rice terraces.

Mongolian traditional festival; Mongolian wrestling

Thousand Miao households in Xijiang Guizhou, China.

Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County

Wanshou Palace, Nanchang City.

Eagle hunter with his eagle.

Shanghai market.

Villages And Cultures Mianshan Temples Near Pingyao.

Ancient Miao Villages In Guizhou, China.

Terraces And Cable Car At Longji, Guangxi, China.

Landscape Of Guilin.

Children Hiking On The Mountain.

Lake View In The Chinese National Rainforest Park, Yanoda.

Kazak Family at home in rural Mongolia.

An Ethnic Tajik Family wedding.

Little boy hugs his Grandfather; Guizhou, China.

Family Enjoying Meal In Traditional Chinese Clothing

Family enjoys a video call during a reunion celebration.

Mianshan temples near Pingyao China.

Rivers and bridges in mountain villages.

Li ethnic minority women weaving baskets.

Fruit seller on a city street.

Seems like everyone’s come shopping today!

Chinese steel mill. Smelting furnace.

Chinese worker moving steel.

China thermal power plant.

Beautiful Nanpu bridge at dusk. Shanghai.

Modern China, Shanghai skyscraper.

Let’s celebrate the Year of the Tiger!

Red Chinese lanterns add a festive touch for Chinese New Year

Grandfather teaching Grandson calligraphy for Chinese New Year.

Traditional symbols of Chinese New Year

A Chinese family enjoys a traditional New Years dinner together.

Fenghuang, Hunan Province.

The ancient city of Fenghuang.

A tram squeezes past shoppers and stalls.

Morning in Shanghai.

Hong Kong skyline.

Shenzuzhen Skyscrapers.

Beijing Central Business District.

A fisherman in Guangxi province gets ready for night fishing.

An evening shopping on Nanjing Road, in Shanghai City.

A beautiful Hong Kong sunrise.

Hong Kong’s dramatic skyline.

Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong at Dusk.

Constructive meetings.

Inspiring views.

Peaceful landscapes.

Cultural mix of old and new.

Working with friends.

A crystal clear view of Shenzhen from Nanshan park.

Chengdu, Sichuan, China at Anshun Bridge.

Mountains of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China.

Young Tsaatan boy in north Mongolian landscape with a baby reindeer.

The Great Wall of Jinshan Mountains in the Cloud Sea.

Sunrise, Rice paddy in the front, village and mountains in the back.

A picturesque, traditional Chinese village in Yunnan Province

Word4Asia is constantly bridging new relationship in China!

A glimpse of old China; the beautiful Temple of Heaven, in Beijing.

An historic pavilion in Nanking.

Suzhou garden boats.

After it rains, the sun comes out.

Beautiful Guangzhou!

Fantastically beautiful Guilin is like nowhere else on earth.

Smiling on the inside leads to smiling on the outside!

In China, old meets new just about everywhere you look these days.

Lanterns, mopeds and bicycles; old meets new in Vietnam.

Vietnam; A gentle land of beauty and culture.

A bustling street scene.

Gene and Liping had a warm reunion with an old friend.

Dr. Gene Wood spoke at the Amity Foundation in Nanjing.

A productive meeting with colleagues.

Gene met with his good friend in the publishing business.

Gene with old friends during our latest visit.

Not the “Great Wall”, but a great wall.

It happens here.

An ancient gateway.

Gene sweeps up.

A friend to us all.

A modern view in an ancient land.

We had lunch as we studied.

A beautiful view of an old village.

Over the roof tops.

An ancient facade.

Village life.

A Chinese garden.

Graceful architecture and breathtaking views.

A place for quiet meditation.

The path is long.

A modern monument in an ancient land.

China; riding on the currents of history, sailing into the future.

During our meeting with Rev. Shan Wei Xiang.

Meeting in Shanghai with Rev. Shan Wei Xiang, VP of China Christian Council.

Meeting with Executive Director Mrs. Dai Chenjing & Mrs. Daisy Xue, China.

Gene at the former residence of Song Qing Ling, widow of ROC founder, Sun Yat-Sen.

A gathering of friends.

In good company.

China is old.

China is new!

Taizhou City wood carving mansion.

A view of the lake from the bridge.

Water, land and sky.

Feeling centered. The world still turns round.

Two views!

Another view of the beautiful lake.

Yangzhou slender west lake.

A pavilion in Zhenjiang.

Taizhou Yangtze River bridge.

Zhenjiang hotel lobby fancy stone carving.

Nanjing City view from hotel room.

Built for speed.

Car show in China.

Gene views the river from his boat-ride vantage point.

Decorations in stone.

Meeting with friends.

Beautiful architecture.

Ancient gate stands between two walls.

A look into China’s past.

An ancient city gate.

All mapped out.

A view of modern China.

Ancient lake, modern city.

Gene sweeps up.

Bars in a window and a view to a world.

The history and beauty of ancient China.

In a historic district near Shanghai.

A bird’s eye view of the canal.

Your view onboard the canal barge.

Dr. Wood demonstrates that ‘hope floats’.

An historic mail box, still in use outside Shanghai.

An exhibit about the lives of the postal workers.

Paintings recount the heroism of traveling Chinese postal workers.

A view inside this fascinating museum.

A museum sign recounts the history of Chinese mail.

When pictures tell a thousand words.

Dr. Wood converses with a cardboard cut-out.

Dr. Wood studies in a small museum, once a Qing Dynasty post office.

Chinese lanterns and ancient bridges whisper across the centuries.

A pretty bridge crosses an ancient canal.

Little market stalls that lead to the canals.

Canals that used to carry cargo and mail, now mainly tourism.

Dr. Wood visiting the ‘Venice of the Orient’.

1,700 years of history in beautiful Zhu Jia Jiao.

A Chinese market mixes traditional and modern.

Our colleague, Tim with his grand child at Christmas!

Tim, and his family. Merry Christmas, Tim!

Our colleague, Summer, captured this festive photo in a Chinese shopping mall.

Summer always has her eyes open to delicious new surprises!

Christmas decorations at the mall!

Size of the internet population in China.

Economic facts shared at the conference.

The President of the American Chamber of Commerce provides some perspective.

Dwight Nordstrom leading part of the meeting.

The hotel began as a quarry.

Meeting attendants.

More meeting attendants.

It became the Shimao Intercontinental Wonderland hotel.

A fun moment with Gene Ontejes, board member of the Chick-fil-A foundation.

In the evenings they have a stupendous water show.

Where all the stars come out.

They really hit the bulls eye with this place!

Something totally out of this world!

While still sharing the beauty of the natural world.

It puts the artistry of the Chinese culture in close-up!

What a view!

Looking across the park to the city below.

This is modern China.

Views of a beautiful, modern Chinese train station.

Where are we going today?

Stunning glass windows and iron work.

Homes along the river. This is China.

Picturesque scene; peaceful harmony.

Delicious food tells me it’s time for dinner!

Ominous rain clouds before the rain.

A street view from Jiangsu.

Leo and his daughter. One proud Papa!

A different street view from Jiangsu.

In China, great writers start early in life!

A majestic view of beautiful China.

Enjoying a mountains tour in Jiangsu.

Hard working students pay close attention.

The love of learning is a life-long gift.

A deep dive into studies.

Gene finds time for a nap.

Gene as the Great Jade Buddah.

Posing with friends.

Another day and another class filled with eager students.

Team teaching in China.

Attending a wellness conference in China.

A busy day at the wellness conference.

At the wellness conference.

Gene takes a selfie with a friend.

Serenity and beauty.

So sad… He’s hitting the bottle again….

It’s warm today. Let’s just rest here a while.

Monkeying around.

Good friends and good times!

What a fun day we had here!

Like brothers.

Enjoying the day with friends.

Visiting a picturesque spot.

He looks so regal – but do you think he’s a little ‘hangry’?

Everything is so bright and festive!

Ancient architecture.

In China, history is everywhere you look.

Architecture of the Yunnan Dai minority.

Street view in Dehong, Yunnan

Mountains view in Dehong, Yunnan.

Where Yunnan Lisu minority live.

Lisu girls performing a welcome dance.

Our friends in the Yunnan Lisu minority.

Leo and two Dai minority girls.

Dai minority people.

Nothing beats the heat like a good squirt gun fight!

The Yunnan Dai Water Sprinkling festival.

Celebrating the refreshment of delicious watermelon!

Beautiful Shanghai at night.

Chinese architecture blends beauty and technology.

The upward thrust of progress.

Modern silhouttes pierce the night.

A fascinating presentation.

Important information shared with a crowd.

Blue sky, blue water. Beautiful day!

Children busy painting their crafts.

A walk through the town market.

Happy, curious children greet us.

Three reflections of their mother’s love.

Isn’t she sweet!

So happy to learn!

Beautiful children!

A thoughtful look on this young face.

Digging for gold.

Sleeping peacefully.

This princess enjoyed her ice cream.

Blossom festival in Hebei province.

A rural banquet.

A turn to the right.

Beautiful blossoms.

Old architecture in an ancient land.

In rural China, the old ways still endure.

Fixing lunch in the countryside.

A bicycle built for four!

To avoid wet feet, dry your shoes.

Which ones are the real characters here?

Pasting couplets – another New Year’s tradition.

A New Year’s Feast.

Traditional dumplings for Chinese New Year.

Another Chinese New Year tradition.

A trip to the zoo; Chinese New Year.

Tomatoes on sticks; Chinese New Year tradition.l

Traditional Chinese New Year Gifts.

Preparing for Chinese New Year

Ancient Chinese Dragon Dance.

Celebrating Chinese New Year.

A bird’s eye view.

Squeeky clean!

Gene and Liping with good friends.

Liping and a friend enjoy the view.

Liping teaches a crowd.

Studying hard.

A Chinese market.

Good things come in small packages.

Filling up the truck.

He knows where he’s going!

Gathering together.

Liping and Gene enjoy a meal with friends.

Traditional costumes.

Red symbolizes luck!

Quite a turn out!

Happy to see such a great crowd!

A favorite food.

A quick lunch on the bullet train.

Noodles – YUM!

View of Nanjing.

Pretty dragon wall.

A shopping crowd in Nanjing.

A small meal from a mini hot pot.

Traditional hot pot meal.

Gift shopping in Nanjing.

Happiness is a good book.

Happy to receive.

A new book for this happy couple.

Happiness comes in a leather bound book.

A set of brand new wheels!

A love for learning.

In front of the house; Shandong Province.

Standing together.

Happy to give; happy to receive.

Gathered together.

Let the little children come!

Learning together.

Helping out!

A gathering of friends.

Delicious street food in Yunnan.

Grandmother and Grand Daughter in Yunnan.

Carrying a heavy load.

Waiting at the station in Nanjing.

Visiting the Xianning Hubei rural area.

A tranquil landscape in Yunnan.

Early morning view in Hubei.

A river winds through Northeast China.

The Yunnan minority people enjoy good books.

Who is this little girl waiting for?

A traditional screen in a Chinese restaurant.

A modern Chinese restaurant.

Crispy rice and fish.

Close friends and a delicious meal.

Reaching everyone.

Gene speaks to a crowd.

In good company.

With good friends.

Faces in the crowd.

Traditional, spicy Sichuan food.

A traditional Chinese gate.

Spicy frog.

Spicy food on a lazy susan.

Jade horses.

Home made dumplings.

Fried cicada – yum!

Morning fog.

A fish restaurant on the Yangtzi river.

Delegate eating silk worm.

Cold Shrimp Sweet Potato Flower.

Leo wishes he was Kobe Bryant.

Harbin Flood Control Monument

Shanghai Night View.

A girl on Dali Erhai Lake.

Dinner with friends in Jiangsu

Another fabulous day in Pu Dong.

Big city sunrise in China

A modern bridge spans the river

Bridge into the old village.

Beautiful skyline at night.

Greeting friends and sharing stories.

China’s natural beauty.

Happy people, smiling faces.

A beautiful, modern bridge.

At a seminar.

Yunnan Bai Minority cooking food.

Yunnan Bai minority cooking food.

Yunnan Bai minority in traditional clothing.

Primary school for Yunnan Bai minority.

Yunnan Dali old city street.

Yunnan Lisu minority dancing

Beautiful girl on lake Dali Erhai

Shanghai nights!

Harbin flood control monument.

Leo learns he is NOT Kobe Bryant

Sweet Potato looks like cold shrimp.

Eating delicious silk worm.

A fish restaurant on the Yangzi river.

A foggy morning, lakeside.

Delicious fried cicada.

Home made dumplings.

Jade horse decoration.

Spicy food on a lazy susan table.

Spicy frog.

A traditional Chinese gate.

Traditional spicy food from Sichuan.

Big city sunrise in China

Walking street in Bai minority prefecture.

Tropical Southern China architecture.

Miao village sidewalk paintings.

Miao minority village.

Literature gifts.

Breakfast at roadside restaurant.

Gifting ceremony.

Gift of bikes.

Euro-Sino village, Yunnan province.

Euro-Sino village.

W4A team during May projects.

View of Shanghai from Du Pong.

Beautiful mountain landscape, southern China.

Shopping in Nanchong.

Hosted by the city RAB.

Art, a shared language.

Chongqing City.

Light and architecture.

Hosted by the city RAB.

Street sculpture.

Towering skyscrapers.

Touring the Amity Press.

Taking our team on a tour.

Recharging at the park.

Snow before spring.

Art from a local.

Another beautiful sunset.

Getting out of the city.

Hand paintings.

A breathtaking sunset.

Festive decorations.

Winter wonderland.

Golden rays peeking through.

Guess the temperature.

Chinese New Year.

Morning warm ups.

Main street, brightly decorated.

Harbin international ice and snow festival.

Historical architecture.

Ice sculpture park.

Street food

Open to the public

Taking in the variety of color.

Modern Chinese hotel lobby.

Enjoying this very beautiful day

Building something in an empty space.

Henry and Liping ducking seagulls.

Visiting Wuxi.

A stop at the Hong Kong airport.

Hong Kong Phun Hei Phat Choi.

Hong Kong Phun Hei Phat Choi (2).

Leap Frog.

My favorite airport.

Talking business in China.

Taxi ride to the airport.

They say it’s fog.

Winter in the Spring City.

Winter decorations.

Foggy winter morning.

Shopping locally.

Local tapestries.

Sun breaking through city buildings.

Crisp winter morning.

Visiting Nantong.

A modern bridge spans the river

Bridge into the old village.

Beautiful skyline at night.

Greeting friends and sharing stories.

China’s natural beauty.

Happy people, smiling faces.

Leaving the city for the water.

W4A annual Christmas gifts.

15,000 gift boxes given to Chinese children.

At a local tourist spot.

Ways to commute.

Firing up our next meal.

Nature reserved.

Old Shanghai clothes lines.

A chilly, foggy morning.

A banquet with friends from the Amity Press.

Han Dynasty Emperor, Liubang

Enough said!

Grand Entrance.

Full attendance at Elder Care training.

Handwashing clothes; rural China

Also in English

A warm greeting for Carol in chilly November.

Bike parking spaces in Old Shanghai.

Details displayed at a blind date event.

Are YOU looking at ME?

Joy spans all ages.

Country-wide site seeing!

A table for one, please!

W4A enjoying dinner with friends.

Time used well while awaiting our train.

One rises, while the other sets.

Traditional farming.

Dressing traditionally.

Visiting the Amity Press.

Sending Christmas Cheer through Wechat.

Visiting Mangshan; Henan Province.

A W4A guest enjoys Chinese hospitality.

A real cliff hanger!

A local vendors plies his craft.

Handing out needed items.

Traditional cooking

Still shopping even with the rain

Traveling from one farm to another

After a November rain.

A quick stop tor a snack

Color, light and beauty!

Time for a family play date.

Taking in the crisp air.

A home cooked meal.

Another delicious lunch!

Architecture in the city.

A friend’s wedding.

A dance performance.

A difficult journey.

Looking for parking.

Finding the strength to walk the earth.

Emperor’s cup.

How many people are on their phones?

A guest tries chicken feet.

The Taylor team makes new friends.

Dr. Gene meeting with SARA.

Friendly game of ping-pong.

Hudson Taylor 100th Year Anniversary.

Hudson Taylor monument.

Nanjing Kuanwu lake.

Perspective.

A gift from SARA.

Replica and actual tombstone.

Starting with lunch.

Enjoying a nice banquet dinner.

Sharing the mic.

Finishing training a large group.

One more meeting.

Meeting with colleagues in China.

Greg and Leo.

Getting ready for a quick tour.

Beautiful night-time skyline.

Steps to success.

Helping prepare our next meal.

One of many feasts.

A look at the journey ahead.

Taking in the beautiful view.

One of many banquets.

Night shopping.

Night lights i winter.

Nanjing Sun Yatsen mausoleum.

Modern architecture in the city.

Exploring at night.

Reflected light in Nanjing.

A lesson in tea.

Building relationships while shopping.

Visiting the great wall.

Teaching others about business.

Taking a lunch break.

Farmers harvesting their crops

Watching different workers converse while they commute

Briefing the Taylor University Scripture Engagement team.

Striking a pose.

Christmas Gifts

Dressing up as Santa

Happy Faces

Joyous Smiles

Confucian Temple

Gene and Carol Wood with Friends, Hosted by Mr. Lieu Amity Printing Press

Peking Duck is Served

Preparation is Key

Rural Winter

Scotters Enhance Itinerant Work

Shopping in Rural China

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