TJ

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Tianjin

Where do you think this building is located? Europe? North America? It is actually in Tianjin, one of the four direct administration cities in Mainland China, meaning whoever leads the city reports directly to Beijing and not any provincial government. I was there a few weeks ago and it is a beautiful city. Starting from tomorrow, it will take only 35 minutes on a fast speed train from Beijing to Tianjin so making it a nice escape from the crowded and polluted Beijing.

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798

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Beijing

Since Beijing is in the limelight a lot these days, I might as well go with the flow and show you this photo I took last week at 798 Art Zone, an area in Beijing that houses a thriving artist community. The area was previously a cluster of old decommissioned military factory buildings, which now, among many small galleries, features lots of lovely spaces such as this little cafe.

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Shengsi Islands

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Shengsi

The simple life of an old couple on the Shengsi Islands. They were playing a kind of tile game using mahjong tiles and enjoying their quiet life with a few tourists hanging around. The islands are located in the mouth of the Yangtze River and are in the eastern-most part of China which is very close to Japan.

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