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Beijing Olympics, Revisited
A brief look back at the 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony in Beijing.
Shopping Fatigue, Shanghai
Even shoppers in China apparently get tired of buying all the things they make.
Turtles at Market, Nanning
Turtles for sale at a market on the fringes of Nanning, China, a sprawling city of seven million many of you have…
Ba Gui Agricultural Research Garden, Nanning
Today's Pic du Jour, the 193rd (!) straight, provides a brief throwback to a late 2010 visit to the Ba Gui…
Early Morning Wedding Photos, Beijing
Today's Daily Pic is of a wedding scene I caught early on a Sunday morning while on my way to the Bird's Nest…
Big – Shanghai’s Jin Mao Tower
I just finished lamenting how un-big the backpack I’ll be living out of for the next 14 to 16 months is going to…
A Dog at the Market
You can now cross Boiled Dog in a Nanning Market off your list of things to see before you die.
I've posted this…
Five Long Exposures Inside Shanghai’s Bund Tourist Tunnel
And a hideously tacky Tourist Tunnel it is. But it makes for some great photo opportunities during the course of…
First Photos of China’s 298-Million-Year-Old Buried Forest
Utterly fascinating. Some of the fossils almost look alive.
Gizmodo: First Photos of China's 298-Million-Year-Old…
A few China news links…
Even folks in China get tired of buying all the things they make.
This was taken in Shanghai last May during one…
Piran Café in 2010
That's a boiled dog prepped and ready for sale in a small market in Nanning, China. Apparently, it offended…
The Slipper Has Disinfected – Personal Encounters with Chinglish in 2010
I made two visits to China this year, enough to see that Chinglish is still quite alive and well, despite an…
Nanning to Hanoi by Bus
That's the first public toilet you'll see when crossing into Vietnam from China via the Friendship pass. But fear…
Twenty Minutes in a Pair of Nanning Markets
These are a few shots from quick stops at two street markets in Nanning last Thursday. Our tour…
Warning on toilet seats in Nanning’s Gui Jing Hotel
Makes me wonder what type of guests they're attracting.
Nanning, China, 13-Oct-2010
Free Wifi at Hong Kong airport
Just thought someone, somewhere, might fit that tidbit useful.
En route to Nanning, one of the biggest cities…
Shanghai notebook – Barbarossa Restaurant and Lounge
I had just over 48 hours to roam about Shanghai and came here twice. Serenely nestled on a pond (as in, the middle…
MOCA-Shanghai
A few quick shots of Shanghai's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a very nice, if somewhat small, space on the…