Tag: China

Urban exploring China Beijing: Abandoned army bar Lin Biao

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Off the path and up the mountain: Beijing’s Abandoned 0498 Military Bar

Posted from: Beijing, China This is one of several pieces I did on urban exploration for now-defunct website Smart Beijing. Holed up in his...

Beijing Watermelon Museum: Beijing China Urban Exploration Travel

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Disco disco: Day-tripping at the Beijing Watermelon Museum

Posted from: Beijing, China This is one of several pieces I did on offbeat urban tourism for now-defunct website Smart Beijing. I like...

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VOX 10th Anniversary: A Jaunt Down to Wuhan

Wuhan, China I realized as I sat next to it with a bowl of reganmian that I’d never actually seen the Yangzi. It’s muddy. We...

Life

In Cometh the Wood Goat: A Chinese New Year at Guanshuyuan

Posted from: Beijing I’ve never really been able to capture Chinese New Year on camera. I’ve tried. But silly little SLRs...

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Suddenly I’m Really Into Print: Concrete Flux Launches Issue 3 – Escapism

It’s been all digital with me for 18 years. Since I was 13, digital digital digital HTML internet, and then one day I’ve got...

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The Ides of May: A Village Wedding in Xiongxian

Xiongxian, China “Local XiongXian Man Marries Beautiful Swedish Bride, an International Romance is Consummated”. I didn’t...

Life

Hometown Tourism: Three Months of Back-alley Beijing Finds

Beijing, China Turtle Guy is finally gone. Every day for two weeks, he stood near the exit on Dongsishitiao, holding a dead snapping turtle...

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Midnight in Peking: Cheers to Pamela on the Tartar Wall

Beijing, China I still don’t know who killed Pamela Werner. There’s two more chapters until that big reveal. Midnight in...

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You Fancy, Huh? 5th Anniversary in Pingyao Old City: Selling Out Like a Boss

Pingyao Old City, Shanxi Province I got married at 25. Speaking globally, I guess that’s an acceptable average, but for a...

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Blasted by Dawn: or, Free Sunrise, Courtesy of Hotel East

Posted from: Beijing Sunday morning, just barely 6:30. Kyle and I sat bolt upright in bed as the room was invaded by ultraviolets. All the...