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Friday, 30 Nov 2007 | Views [354]
Smell. The first thing you notice is the smell. As you step off the air-conditioned train scents waft up from from bakeries and noodle shops to mix with the odours from the sewers and stale cigarettes.
Actually, in fairness, I find Shenzhen ... Read more >
Tags: work, business, culture, economy
Saturday, 12 May 2007 | Views [638]
A quarter of a lifetime ago I stood on the Bund. As I gazed out from the shabby youth hostel in a grand old building right on the waterfront there was nothing but grey mud flats, swarms of bicycles, a handful of 'friendship stores' where the service ... Read more >
Tags: shanghai, youth, memories, capitalism
Saturday, 11 Mar 2006 | Views [1859] | Comments [3]
Do you ever wonder how fragile our lives are and how they can turn on a dime? I mean really wonder? In 1918 one of my Grandfathers was fighting in WWI and leading a group of young men in the trenches in France (I think). A mortar round landed ... Read more >
Tags: philosophy of travel, near miss, danger, chengdu, 1989, tiananmen square, anarchy, life, death, grenade
