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Pictures from Yuan Xiao Jie in Shanghai (上海元宵节及老城区夜景)

前天晚上去了豫园看灯会,观摩的主要是人海,但是喜气洋洋的,感觉还是不错。后来跟朋友在老城区溜达,久违的灵感也终于回来了,当然,这也跟我带新的相机出去也有关。谢谢长辈的提携以及各位朋友的支持!我要坚持拍下去! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2F11%2Fpictures-from-yuan-xiao-jie-in-shanghai%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Pictures+from+Yuan+Xiao+Jie+in+Shanghai+%28%26%2319978%3B%26%2328023%3B%26%2320803%3B%26%2323477%3B%26%2333410%3B%26%2321450%3B%26%2332769%3B%26%2322478%3B%26%2321306%3B%26%2322812%3B%26%2326223%3B%26%2365289%3B’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Sprinkle the seeds of civilization all around

From Shanghai Saw this sign/banner when I was in the Shanghai South Train Station. Thought it was a more felicitous form of Chinglish than one normally encounters, so I took a snap. 传播 is usually translated as spreading or broadcasting. … Continue reading

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What is going to be said about the life and death of Hua Guofeng?

Hua died on August 20, and as you can expect w/ someone of his particular stature and role in history, obituaries are going to be terse at best: On Baidu news, the Olympics coverage dominated most of the top of … Continue reading

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CBC on “man-kinis”

Want to beat the heat? Try a ‘man-kini’ via kwout I love fun journalism, or at least pretend to for the sake of not seeming like a totally uptight egghead. The CBC has a series called “Olympic Vignettes”and this one … Continue reading

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Beijing white-collars: 80 people living in a 100 sq. meter apt?

北京白领群租生活:100多平米可住80人_网易新闻中心 via kwout Frankly, when i read this headline I didn’t think it could be true, but here’s the article, judge for yourselves. You remember this issue cropped up in Shanghai maybe a couple of months or a year ago, … Continue reading

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Hu Yang comes out with new photo series on young people in Shanghai

Hu Yang (胡杨) is the Shanghai based documentary photographer that takes shots of people living in Shanghai, in their native environments–their homes. He did a series that got a lot of publicity in the last year or so, it was … Continue reading

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Wenchuan: should we stay or should we go?

The debate rages on, with many Wenchuan local residents, according to a survey, inclined to get out of there while they can. This article claims that out of 768 people surveyed, over 90% of them wanted to leave and rebuild … Continue reading

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Getting rid of the sand in the Yellow River (some pictures)

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Chinese people’s attitude towards the Olympics has changed (subtly)

…according to an article from Xinhua, as we reach the 50 day until the start of the Olympics mark. The article cites purely anecdotal evidence to say that while everyone is still looking forward to the Olympics, the enthusiasm has … Continue reading

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Some pictures from Paris

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