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August 26, 2004

Juxtipositions

One of the things that we heard over and over again while there was that there are two Chinas. One the new, flashy, rich, modern China you see in Shanghai and Beijing and the other the old, traditional, still often poor, more rural China. Here are some pics that really struck this dicotomy home.

New China Go Cart
porsche.jpg

Old China Go Cart
bike cart 4.jpg

New China Mobile Game
game2.jpg

Old China Mobile Game
checkers.jpg

New China Community
napa valley.jpg

Old China Community
old china 1.jpg

A Pause that Refreshes in New China...
coke.jpg

... and old
coke2.jpg

And, finally, just too wierd. A friendly ogre and a great leader in the same theater...
dengshrek.jpg

(for some additional images see my other blog Zagula.com)

Posted by johnza at August 26, 2004 03:51 AM

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