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These are the remains of the fishes sold. The fishmonger will sell whatever parts the customer wants, leaving the reminder to be sold or scraped.
In the rain, the Chinese have an ingenious way of solving their problem. They use a light weight, single point anchor ‘overhang’ to ward off the rain.
These apartments were erected in the late 1970’s, after the Cultural Revolution. They are five stories, got water and electricity. They use propane tanks for cooking. There are…
Typical old building built in the 20’s to 40′ era. *the street dentist operating from the alley. It’s on another slide.
There are no smoking signs in prominent places. They are ignored. In the hotel certain rooms are no smoking rooms but one find ash trays.
These electric cars are designed for kids. After the kids get out of school and the parents off of work, they come to play at Shi Far Shan….
This is a passage way between street. It is filled with entrepreneurs, one owner shop’s.
These kids are selling puzzles of Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, and other famous landmarks, places Taishan people have little chance to see.
Puzzle sales are going okay. They also sell clothes and blankets at a different location. The girl is a muslim as well as the rest of the family….
This ramshackle motorcycle storage is illegal. Once the housing is built code enforcement is minimum.
These are storage rooms for motorcycle and a little space left over. If left outside, motorcycles are stolen on a regular basis. Sometimes they even break into storage…
Most mooncakes consist of a thin, tender pastry skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling, and may contain one or more whole salted egg yolks in their center as…
A large variety of moon cakes for sale to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiujie). The festival is for lunar appreciation and moon watching,
Kindling is always needed for wood-burning stoves. Even though the town is modernizing some people are left behind.
Under-the-counter sinks are popular. This man is applying adhesive to the underside of the countertop; then a sink is glued in place.
These people don’t know each other. But, they share the table as they are eating breakfast.
In the stall of the market place, every person has a way of closing shop. This man had a metal frame work built into his sales area. Each…
The twelve wheeler pulls up and the men off-load the freight. The freight is destine for not external but internal consumption. This transition towards internal consumption leads to…
Rainy day, kid has his carpet and legos indoors among freight destine for others. Denmark-based toy manufacturer Lego is constructing a new factory in Zhejiang province that will…