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_unforgettablereallife4821]

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

[@margarethawinarto3931]

Agreed. Chinese are willing to work 7 days a week without whining!

[@susanthapa3970]

Then U haven’t seen Japanese bro

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

[@roychau12345]

Just like you

[@Pedrolucas-xm6cc]

Hahaha. On hong Kong hate china. On macao love china.

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How about corna virus ☺☺

[@siyuntsan]

mee too

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@@Pedrolucas-xm6cc dont be so absolute

[@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

[@almasesho8945]

Jeshia Smily asa J

[@wilfredtankhoonpheow2605]

Jeshia Smily those China haters are simply jealous

[@johnnylam8280]

Just ignores the naysayers. China not losing anything from the talking. China working, they only talk. Which one is more productive and beneficial?

[@chenhsu3581]

Jeshia Smily If you had lived in an island (Taiwan) threatened by more than a thousand missiles from China , you would have not say that. I do agree that Chinese people put a lot of effort into their country. But praising a country with such a ferocious government and a strong intention to invade nearby regions is irresponsible. I would say that Japanese people were hard-working and loyal to their country during the World War II, but even most of them had nothing to do with the invasions or crimes, I would definitely not praise them since their country had brought about so many tragedies during the war. You probably live in a safe place with no missiles pointing at you, your family, and your country. But please remember, not everyone in the world is as lucky as you are. With Chinese armed aircrafts circling around your country three times a week, you’ll know how “ hard-working” they are.

[@canto_v12]

It's not really what the "western media" wants or does not want you to believe. They just want to make money. People just need to understand that different countries are in different environments and situations, which require solutions and habits that are not necessarily what you expect. To understand China, simply visit and mingle with the locals. It's a relatively safe country to visit and once you get past the silly political misunderstandings, you will find that Chinese people are like the people in any other country--they have their lives too and people just want to get along with each other.

[@malikumarjann5197]

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

[@sbnur392]

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

[@sanjoykumarmitra7438]

How's the progress of paky

[@muhammadmidlaj755]

W😘🤩

[@michaelwei1171]

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

[@抖音短视屏抖音短视频]

Michael Wei don't cry our country will be more and more strong and more and more better be proud iam Chinese

[@Hussain_Amini]

Michael Wei 你是中国人吗

[@Hussain_Amini]

Yun Z 好像你也是中国人！

[@hammadrafique7313]

Love China from Pakistan

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Yun Z hay

[@rogan6947]

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.

[@luckee5757]

You live in China now?

[@清-u5o]

欢迎到来，但任何地方都可能有其不好的视角，还请宽容。

[@ajabeen1389]

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

[@evelyntanhn1834]

This huge civilisation is amazing. 中国人。中国强大了。我们很高兴。

[@jqwiiiiqqirmnsnnsnnsnnsmjjrj]

Well, if they stopped trying to always invade our country I'd like them a lot more than I do now.

[@najirbasnet2280]

Yes

[@constantinechou]

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

[@leo9747]

Mingtao Zhou YES!

[@sbnur392]

Mingtao Zhou if western medias says bad about china that means china is really progressing..

[@constantinechou]

haha, that's why they are fake news!

[@Billy-pt6ug]

I love to check the fake news from CNN, BBC, ABC... hahahah

[@freedomjazir]

I mean you have to acknowledge​ the amount of pollution in the river in Shanghai

[@avinashkhetri8865]

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.

[@YFG.]

nice to china

[@weixiangyu6183]

No secret, just work hard

[@jasontsoi3521]

You are a kind person. Welcome to China

[@mayurkanth6987]

China is 10,000years ahead of india

[@kuroki2986]

@@mayurkanth6987 No, 10-15 years atmost

[@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.

[@stefhoffer]

Thank you, very nice to hear that!

[@globetrotterbengaluru]

I was just about to say that. Nice to know we are in tandem.

[@bedrumohammed1582]

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

[@stefhoffer]

Good luck, I hope you will!

[@TheMushopiaChannel]

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

[@hauptmannbalalaika]

My history teacher, many moons ago in West Berlin, once said 'when the Chinese tiger awakes (meant in the sense of strength and getting act together) the world will be a different place. They will take influences and the good things from everywhere, transform them into their own.' Dr. Deinhard was his name, long departed. Eye popping video. Thanks!!!

[@RelaxingGameShow]

we are dragon

[@hankyoung1032]

long is not dragon, bro

[@孟泽雨]

朱棣 dragon≠loong

[@milokaw4193]

Loong = good , justice and wisdom Dragon = bad, evil and cunning

[@arthur.william]

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

[@kurtshady5393]

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

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No inner no IG vu n.

[@Techno8886]

Love China from Bosnia 🇨🇳❤🇧🇦 ✌✌✌✌

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Techno Trance amar

[@joymaster12138]

谢谢！

[@chanmikitalangamazing255]

Techno Trance love China from meghalaya

[@joserodrigues2459]

Beautiful! Pity BBC or CNN doesn't show it.....

[@tangli8462]

Jose Rodrigues CNN ？China Negative News ？

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Western propaganda

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CNN，China Negative News ，哈哈哈

[@joshq2669]

Of course they won't .

[@ianniann791]

BBC？ Black Behavior China

[@wolfgangjanetzki]

Thank you so much for these beautiful and impressed pictures of PRC

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Im From Philippines, I love China

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Meguro Ho ths

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Meguro Ho omg... A filipino who loves china??? Are you insane?

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JENNIE you are political washed man

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ᜀᜎᜈ᜔ ᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜌᜓ i like china from Pakistan

[@依葫芦画瓢]

我是中国人

[@natsyessam5033]

I love china my family is still in beijing .Me and my son visit china recently very very very very good country and people are so friendly and helpful thank you from the bottom of my heart thank you china for your well come xxx

[@木木-u4f]

Nats Yessam beijing is polluteed,why not stay southern Provences

[@TechMagnet]

forget the haters, they gonna hate anyhow :)

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。。。

[@vinodkumar-xr6jm]

As the time going , people also get educated and informed , so haters are decreased and blind followers of hate speechers are also being reduced .

[@Niyarinam]

Exactly

[@PilotWanderlust]

Amazing drone footage & great edit! Pretty cool channel, awesome videos! I'm with you now!

[@stefhoffer]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@mauricioquideroli1050]

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

[@joeliao6410]

Mauricio Quideroli Brazil also a very amazing country with the most beautiful views. I honor to travel to Brazil two years ago from North Manaus to Sau Paulo, Joinville and Flopis

[@muratsinghlodhi4544]

Mauricio Quideroli .

[@mgtunaung1223]

Mauricio Quideroli China already trying to treat pollution problems.

[@leoliu3492]

With the rainforest, Brazil also has the god praised nature to develop your own country.

[@阳冢虎]

谢谢。thank you ，friend。

[@ponyrang]

Wow... !!! My best friend, Great... We liked and enjoyed to the end. Awesome... Full watched. Thanks Have a happy day!

[@stefhoffer]

Thanks, you too!

[@shoaibnaseer2012]

I love China and Chinese people. From Pakistan

[@harshpratapfitness]

@萬球 Nice 😂😂

[@ngtzyhfuh8029]

For Stef, most impressed video I watched in 2020 For china, god blessed beautiful, magnificent. Love fr malaysian live in singapore

[@stefhoffer]

Thanks for your support!

[@michaelfelix9492]

well done, China 🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@jamesesper1826]

People have tears of joy and happiness.... I got tears of excitement to visit this place after watching this.! Best compliment from Nagaland 😍😍💯

[@stefhoffer]

Glad you enjoyed it James!

[@yubishaadvani9336]

Stunning,incredible...I have no words to describe how beautiful this is ......💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@ImagineVideoclips]

A masterpiece- well done, Stef!

[@stefhoffer]

Thanks Jeroen!

[@yinding3504]

I see my hometown Shenyang, Liaoning. The big Round building with a Square hole 方圆大厦 (is like old coin in history 圆形方孔钱)！Thank you for sharing and I am going to show this to my students who are learning Chinese with me.

[@JohnThomas-hp3fq]

Hi how are you doing today

[@eliamshama5270]

你好

[@haichkay8727]

Beautiful mystical China, Love from Pakistan!!!!

[@ShaneSuen]

Haich Kay aww thank you 😃😃

[@gejunniu9642]

3Q

[@luyunqing]

谢谢

[@leoliu3492]

It's always not enough to both gain respect from and show respect to our brother country Pakistan!

[@muhammadanassiddiqui8228]

Long live China beautifull coutry..from Pakistan

[@sharmilasunatkari2154]

I lovè china, if i will get chance to go anh country then i will choose china as my 1 world tour. I like hardworking people and u r progress, love n respect ftom india.

[@stocksoul178]

Beautiful video. I almost wanna ask you to travel to more countries to do more videos like this. Incredible.

[@tangusangma5021]

wow 😮😮bro. China place is good 👍

[@charukhoj3761]

Wow.. Nice view of China.. Love from India

[@vikramolekar]

What a great engineers . From great Wall to this marvelous structures hatsoff to Chinese .

[@catcait2547]

Love China from USA.

[@lesliegonsalvez9003]

China's a Great Country wish they could change their ways it would be soo nice

[@qqqzzz8003]

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

[@keepsmiling5937]

I always knew it that China is the fastest developing country and can do many great things. But still this amazed me a lot. Please take me there guys, So much love and respect from Brother Pakistan

[@thamizha8094]

Love from indian....💓 I hope INDIA & CHINA should have a good relationship....😘 Because both countries are have very old history, tradition and culture in the world......

[@monamkumar1426]

@@222222225574 india is not a poor country stupid just change your mindset and rapist is everywhere in the world

[@acjayden2771]

SSMART u fucking Taiwanness

[@angelaxie3783]

Keep going, China, you are changing the world. Be confident to yourself, be respectful to others, bring wellbeings to your people.

[@schandler4530]

good enough to be show on BBC, CNN, etc...lol

[@raveniseini6257]

S Chandler agree!!!

[@salumamiri8849]

they wont

[@vibhumathur9453]

Actually such shows are normally shown by networks like national geographic, discovery, history TV 18 etc. BBC and CNN are news sites.

[@ahmadgamingyt7703]

I am from Pakistan 🇵🇰 and I have big respect for China 🇨🇳

[@peterwang5196]

.....one picture is worth a thousand words...

[@aishahosman2465]

This is so beautifully edited oh my goodness. Such talent

[@youngboy1519]

China 🇨🇳 is a nice country to visit. I studied there for several years. Majority of the people are friendly And hospitable but sometimes a bit sensitive . The food is awesome. And the culture is vivid. The only frustrating thing is the smog and pollution.

[@木木-u4f]

Andrew henderson go to southern Provence, canton

[@anonymous22267]

I am from khasi hills Shillong ,l love China's roads bridges and buildings they are well planed.

[@恋之初心]

I love china 此生无悔入华夏，来生还在种花家！

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恋之初心 ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚说得好

[@martinwong3084]

那你用优酷去

[@guozeng3003]

Martin Wong 酸

[@zhenhaoka]

Martin Wong 用油管就不爱国咯？

[@HarutoIgarashi]

Martin Wong 我都用，我还爱国，生气吧嘿嘿

[@evangelosandreadis3280]

Been to China want to be back again, love China. Amazing nature but so is Technology and Mechanics also, with nice hard working people. I 'm from Greece and have always liked Chinas past histori and culture but latest so it's present's and future. Good work go ahead and thanks!

[@clarezhao3071]

Thanks for your video! Which shows the truely China, I immigrated from China but now I found western world was not as they advocated，and the western media always focused on the negative part of China, I have decided to be back to China 3 years later.

[@rahulwagh9481]

They do same with India and all other eastern countries.

[@mahendrachilkoti2531]

It is no less than a miracle that this country took 800 millions people out of poverty in just 4 decades. Freedom of expression means nothing if entire society lives in poverty. I have a dream to visit this country and see the changes and understand it. ## From India ##

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Great Bro

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[@Anyone-f7g]

Poor China isn't a problem to west. It's the rich and advanced China which they're afraid of. Peace ❤️

[@hammadawan52]

Glad To see Brother Country's Beauty... I really want to visit China And explore This beautiful Country.. With Love And Respect From #Pakistan..❤️ #Longlive brothers😍

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[@ManavJoshikeVloges]

Nice shoot and nice song...🙂🙂🙂

[@sachinsonkar6091]

Such a great country . Respect and love from an Indian .

[@shyamlama7509]

Wow really verry great china love from KTM nepal ❤️❤️❤️❤️🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵

[@animaseal6583]

Love you from INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@mamrutha3278]

Very nice and TQ for giving video to me

[@marcogiovanelli6670]

china is a such beautiful country from Albania,Europe

[@davidlogan3094]

Yes china is very beautiful

[@nirmalmahli5789]

Very beautiful city, Love and respect from India

[@theoderic_l]

As a Chinese, I thank you for making this fabulous video. Truly brings out the many faces of our ancestral land.

[@anshulyadav7038]

Veri nice👏👍

[@sajiths3280]

China is absolutely beautiful , love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@dibakarroy3853]

Really Amazing........Specially the Video quality is superb. Amazingly executed video shot...Love it

[@bikramchhetri5959]

beautiful country love from Nepal

[@frankae4668]

Thank you for catching the beauty of my home country.

[@junetv3926]

Really love China from Cambodia

[@mr_tschue]

I'm from China, and I love China 💕

[@sattarabbass3121]

Beautiful 👌👌👌

[@stefhoffer]

Thanks!

[@anupamborah9726]

Love China from North-East India

[@rakeshkumarnontech]

Respect from an Indian

[@chelseacsl3884]

Welcome to China my friend

[@footballindia3547]

崧林陈 great

[@muzzammilahmed2]

Great respect from Pakistan tooo

[@strangeboltethedeadchannle666]

Yeh log dushman Hai Humare....

[@addisalemayehu7959]

china achives aremarkabel growth rather than other countries so we should learn form these hard work peoples there is one proverb "LEARN FROM SOME ONE BUT DO NOT FOLOW NO ONE"

[@Hammaadsunasra]

Its all about hard works ...... very good country and peoples

[@mohamedsuhail001]

Yes...

[@夏天-j7n]

必须的必！

[@datngo4655]

Hammad Hammad tau khua

[@timetraveller500]

Such a beautiful editing!

[@stefhoffer]

Thank you :)

[@kimtaehyung-td2mt]

I wanna go to China to see all my fav actors... 😭😭😭😭...

[@whiteetoile8416]

i want to see Xiao Zhan and Yibo

[@kimtaehyung-td2mt]

@@whiteetoile8416 omg... Same ... N also Zhao lusi , kris wu .. 😭

[@北路-y3j]

I am proud that I am a chinese.This is my country,it is very beautiful.I love it very much.

[@srmohanty7460]

Beautiful China.love from India

[@hengsrun1552]

Love China from Cambodia.

[@PintuKumar-mu6ti]

Love to China from India...

[@archsword5294]

Pintu Kumar thank you Mr.Kumar, despite the ongoing tension between Chini and Hindi, we were history long friends, spread respect, no hatred.

[@chelseacsl3884]

agree hope everyone is as open minded as you guys are

[@HakuHou-v6h]

I hope india and China can be the good friend.we are the biggest developing country.lets help each other.

[@republicofgaming3963]

We Asians are one And hope all Asians country's be developed

[@charliesungnem9300]

I'm from India, but i love China. Because, people are so polite

[@emmaschaefer2420]

Thank you so so much ! It was very impressive and beautiful...

[@velss2723]

Awesome china great 👍😊☺️👍👍

[@virakchhai60]

I'm from cambodia i love china ,

[@TuanPhung0607]

Fuck Combodia. ANd fuck china too.

[@ferdnandowang2688]

Minh Tuấn Phùng VIETMAN NO.1

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Minh Tuấn Phùng Vietnam no.1

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Minh Tuấn Phùng fuckyou

[@gr-norihoanganh4328]

Cambodia poor . Camdog camgay .

[@newcrew4554]

You did a fantastic job, thank you! China is an amazing country, I hope more and more people will visit China and see for themselves.

[@prthulungrai3037]

I love china❤👌💖 from Nepal

[@footballindia3547]

Pr thulung Rai India pasand ha kya

[@kurtshady5393]

@@footballindia3547 Lol we dont want neighbour like india but we need neighbour like china

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@@kurtshady5393 so

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I love china ...our brother we love china

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I love china from South Africa

[@brahamanraj5612]

I love China and the people of China.

[@zohaibjadoon804]

China is sooo beutyfull contry love from pakistan

[@rOnun_Op]

Friends love from India and I also love my neighbors countries , love to all Chinese from the bottom of the heart🇮🇳🇨🇳.

[@James1230]

China has awaken. Vast and great country... Greetings from the Philippines

[@adhipale7863]

Yes China is my favourite place because China is hardwork people so I like china

[@razashah9641]

Proud to have a best friend like China - love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@joshuaamhadflores8194]

GOD LOVE'S CHINA. ALL CHINESE GO TO HEAVEN 所有中国人上天堂

[@zjpicture9056]

I am from india but I love this country 🇨🇳

[@david1234lee]

peaceful, prosperous and soothing !