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Exploring China’s peripheries: Southwest 西南 Day 1: Kunming, Yunnan province

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Exploring China's peripheries: Southwest 西南 // Day 1: Kunming, Yunnan province by WanderingChina Featuring 10 photos a day, here is a first-hand journey into learning more about China's interior. Pre-amble Prejudices can have a habit of clouding perspective. It is unlikely great powers, be it the U.S. or China get to where they are today without significant struggle and … [Read more...] about Exploring China’s peripheries: Southwest 西南 Day 1: Kunming, Yunnan province

Fall foliage at Napa Valley

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Readers on this blog know I post pictures from time to time. Today, I was at Napa Valley checking out fall foliage. Below are few taken at the Baldacci Family Vineyards next to Silverado Trail road. There is a China connection too. Napa Valley was a mining town and saw the first wave of laborers from Canton province in the 1860s into California. (More on the Chinese … [Read more...] about Fall foliage at Napa Valley

A Follow Up on the Hong Kong Curriculum Protest – Who’s doing the “brainwashing”?

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@DeWang already addressed this topic, but I felt it appropriate to add a more visual perspective on this, and a simple commentary to the last blog entry simply does not suffice. I did an image search on the term "Hong Kong education protest", and here are just a few of the numerous pictures that appeared. The question that comes immediately to my mind is: Anyone notice all … [Read more...] about A Follow Up on the Hong Kong Curriculum Protest – Who’s doing the “brainwashing”?

Spectacular Shanghai

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I took the following photos of Shanghai's Lujiazui and Bund areas on July 30th. (h/t to Shaun Rein for recommending the Hyatt where I took the night shots and 龙信明 for taking me up to the 91st floor of the World Financial Center.) It was a beautiful day in Shanghai with fog completely gone, showing a pristine blue sky with white clouds lazily meandering about. Emperor … [Read more...] about Spectacular Shanghai