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ChinaPic du Jour

Love Bags, Shanghai

Can anyone tell me what this means? Read More
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The Slipper Has Disinfected

From 2010's Adventures with Chinglish during two visits to China. Read More
ChinaFood & DrinkPic du Jour

Nanning Market Mushrooms

More specifically, at a market in Nanning, China, with a population of over seven million, one of the larger cities... Read More
ChinaPress & Digital Freedom

China is world’s worst jailer of the press; global tally second worst on record

In the wake of a broad crackdown on free expression since President Xi Jinping took office, China is the world's worst jailer of journalists, with 44 behind bars, the Committee to Protect Journalists found in its annual report on imprisoned journalists released today. Read More
Sign for the Hall of Mildness at the Yuyuan Gardens, Shanghai
ChinaPic du Jour

The Path to Happiness, Shanghai

Both sound inviting, don't they? Read More
Gang of mannequins, Shanghai
ChinaPic du Jour

Mannequin Monday #14

On Shanghai's busy Nanjing Road. Read More
Drummers suspended over hundreds of dancers at the 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony in Beijing
ChinaPic du Jour

Beijing Olympics, Revisited

A brief look back at the 2008 Olympic Closing Ceremony in Beijing. Read More
Napping shoppers, Shanghai, 2010
ChinaPic du Jour

Shopping Fatigue, Shanghai

Even shoppers in China apparently get tired of buying all the things they make. Read More
Turtles at market, Nanning, China
ChinaPic du Jour

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 never heard of. So it goes with many mid-sized Chinese cities. Read More
Ba Gui Agricultural Research Garden, Nanning, China
ChinaPic du Jour

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... Read More
Early morning wedding photos at Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium during the 2008 Olympic Games
ChinaPic du Jour

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... Read More
Nanning, China at night
ChinaPic du Jour

Nanning Nightscape (Pic du Jour)

One of the biggest cities you've never heard of. Read More
ChinaPic du JourTravel

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... Read More
freshly-boiled dog at a market in Nanning
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Piran Café in 2010

That’s a boiled dog prepped and ready for sale in a small market in Nanning, China. Apparently, it offended western... Read More
ChinaVietnam

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 not,... Read More
ChinaFood & Drink

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 guides/chaperones/handlers, assigned... Read More
ChinaHotels

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... Read More
ArtChinaMuseums

MOCA-Shanghai

A few quick shots of Shanghai’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a very nice, if somewhat small, space on the... Read More
ArtChinaMuseums

The world, through Chinese brushes

Shanghai is expecting upwards of 70 million visitors for the World Expo, which is going on now through 31 October.... Read More
China

The Great Firewall

Off to Shanghai tomorrow for the next week. It’s not a wordpress-friendly place, so this, shot during the Beijing Olympics,... Read More

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