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Installing cabinets and sanding where it needed is where the skills of the craftsman comes in.
The tri-motorcycle is another cheap form of transportation. Carrying multiple people, this one came a long way from Daijiang to Taicheng.
With two-hour breaks, the employees sleep near their machine. They wake refreshed and ready to go to work.
Sometimes an items being recycle is reusable. This woman sells and accept electronic items to recycle.
Probably just picked his daughter up from school. They pause to have a snack together.
In a specially built pick-up truck, this durian vendor drives up, open the side and back of his truck, and commence to sell. When the police run him…
In the market place, there are a ton of duck vendors. Each one putting out their best product to entice customers.
Bittermelon is a vegetable that needs drying to preserve it. The Chinese have been drying meat, fruits, and, vegetables for millenniums.
Dog and cat meat is common in China as well as Canada and Mexico. In the United States, we only eat dog when meat is scarce like during…
Copper is weighed before it is put in the truck. From paper to cardboard to bottle to copper, everything is recycle in China.
Fire has been around as long as man, it’s still here today. In America, use of the wood burning stove ended around 1940′ and 1950’s. In China, wood…
Despite China carbon footprint, they still sell and use coal burners. This is because coal is still the cheapest source of energy.
These clothes vendors sell clothes every day in the same spot. They pull their cart up close, set up their stands, hang their clothes, and wait for customers.
Auto detailers work very hard for their money. They need to be organized, disciplined, and ready to work.
In a shop full of watches, this woman is watching me watch her. My intention was to photograph her conundrum in picking a watch.
This fruit vendor sells peaches from the back of his electric vehicle. Electric vehicles are cheap, easy to maintain, and rechargeable. The vendor does not travel far to…
For less than two rmb, the #5 bus takes you to various parts of Taicheng. There are seven bus lines in Taicheng.
Silkie chickens are a highly-prized breed of chicken that has beautiful silky white plumage, and startlingly black skin. They are frequently found in China, India, and Southeast Asia….
Neither rain, nor sleet nor snow (?) stops bicyclist. The oversize umbrella and small bicycle doesn’t stop him either.
This butcher is cutting frozen chicken. They sell hundred of pounds of frozen chicken. Their chicken is imported from Brazil, United States, and Canada.