As I mentioned at the tail end of my post on the Anti-Japanese Protests on the 18th of September, I saw things that inspired me, and some that filled me with a deep feeling of sadness. Let’s start with the bad and end on the slightly more positive one. As the protests over ownership of […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
September
19
Anti-Japanese Protests – In the Thick of it
posted by Adam Robert Young
Standing in the seething mass of angry people on Tianhe Road in Guangzhou on Tuesday afternoon, it’s easy to see not only the fervour and strength of resentment of many Chinese toward Japan, but also many clues that this whole series of protests had the full support of people much higher up the ladder… Around […]
September
17
Anti-Japanese protests in Guangzhou
posted by Adam Robert Young
I’m not gonna get into the background, as most people will have heard something about the protests in China over the Senkaku/Diao Yu Islands (their name depends on if you ask a Japanese or Chinese person), and if you haven’t, you can always do a quick Google to find out. What I AM going to […]
September
14
It’s all about the face!
posted by Adam Robert Young
Recently, Guangzhou made headlines with its new policies banning smoking in public places. In any other country, this may have been cause for celebration to those non-smokers like me who are sick of being forced to choose between passive smoking and dining out… But this is China. The sad fact is, one of the key […]
September
13
Dreamer
posted by Adam Robert Young
Another scene from Guangzhou. And what guy wouldn’t want to wake up next to a model?
September
11
Change of perspective
posted by Adam Robert Young
Life looks a lot more interesting when you view it from a different angle. I saw the people sitting on the bench in an atrium of Zhongshan No.1 Hospital in Guangzhou, and left my wife waiting in the stairwell while I raced to a higher level to see how it looked from above. It was […]
September
06
Embrace it!
posted by Adam Robert Young
Excuses Excuses Excuses… “If only I had better gear, I could take some amazing photos!” “I didn’t bring my camera, how can I take photos? Mobile phone cameras don’t allow me the control I need to produce anything of any quality” Well, I can understand where people who say these things are coming from. There’s […]
September
04
Chebei Girl
posted by Adam Robert Young
As I was wandering through the alleyways of Chebei urban village a few days ago, I spotted this sweet little thing. She was shy but curious at the same time. She was outside her family’s shop, and when she ran back in, I knew if she came back out to look again I’d have the […]
September
03
Ghost Festival in China
posted by Adam Robert Young
It seems every time I take a wander through one of Guangzhou’s urban villages, I stumble on something new. This time I saw resident after resident burning incense, gold ingots made of folded paper, food and alcohol outside the doors to their homes. It turns out they were following the rituals associated with the Chinese […]
September
01
Tancun 2012
posted by Adam Robert Young
Tancun is a small urban village in Guangzhou just a hop, skip and a jump from the city’s new CBD. Currently, the community is under no threat of demolition, but it seems it’s only a matter of time. The area is populated almost entirely by migrant workers who flock to the city in search of […]
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