Nanjing, A walk in the Qijiawan area 14 Jun 2013 | 11:41 am

    QIJIAWAN, NANJING, MARCH 2013. We walk around in the Qijiawan area of Nanjing (a previous post dedicated to the upcoming destruction and new development of this area can be found here). Qijiawan i...

Nanjing, Qijiawan “BanQian” 11 Jun 2013 | 08:45 pm

    NANJING, MARCH 2013. We spot two giant characters “搬迁” (“BanQian” – “remove”) on Mr. Yang Guoshun’s house. These characters, like everywhere else in China, indicate that the house has been designa...

Exhibition 17 Apr 2013 | 08:08 pm

Nanjing, Mr. Gong Hongjian 3 Mar 2013 | 12:53 pm

  In the remote western area of Hexi, a new urban district in the west of Nanjing, runs a narrow branch of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River. Ships and boats, big or small, are moored alongside the river...

Nanjing, Pastor Yin 28 Feb 2013 | 12:16 pm

  Mr. Yin is the pastor at the Christianity Jiangsu Road Church.   He tells us that, though not in large scale, this church already has a history of over 60 years. It started in 1941 by some local Chr...

Nanjing, A man selling sheep from Inner Mongolia 25 Feb 2013 | 11:03 am

  At the end of autumn, in the middle of a residential area, a handful of people gather around several sheep carcasses, hanging upside down with their head removed. Blood is dripping from their broken...

Nanjing, Mr. Qian Dabao 20 Feb 2013 | 10:08 am

  Mr. Qian is sitting along the road, on both sides of which houses are being demolished.   “All these houses will be removed, except for that yellow building.” “Because it is the gathering place of a...

Nanjing, Ms. Tao Rong 16 Feb 2013 | 10:06 am

  Ms. Tao, 42 years old, is the manager of Jiyinian Psychological Counseling Center in Nanjing. Although she majored in literature rather than psychology in university, she developed an interest in ps...

Nanjing, Lantern Market 11 Feb 2013 | 01:14 pm

  Starting a week or two before the Chinese New Year and lasting until the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the new lunar year, Nanjing is hosting a lantern market. It is said to be the largest of ...

Nanjing, Bicycle journey 5 Feb 2013 | 09:21 am

  We meet two tourists beneath the Yangtze River Bridge. They are travelling on mountain bikes and stop at times to take photos; in this case the famous bridge.   When asked, they answer that they sta...