Posts from ‘January, 2009’

For Chinese, 2009, the year of ox, has some special meanings, especially after the earth quake, snow storm, financial crisis, and other hardships in the past year.
The word “ox” in Chinese is pronounced similar to “new”, but with a slight upward tone. People always attach their hope for the new year with the key characteristics [...]

Reuniting with families is the essence of Chinese Spring Festival.  But buying train tickets during this period is one of the biggest headaches for most people, especially the migrant workers who are reluctant to pay 50 or 100 RMB extra per ticket to Huang Niu/Piao Fanzi (Ticket Scalpers).

So they came to the train stations [...]

Here are pictures of Beijing taken from the mid 80s to the beginning of 90s.

A boy enjoying the ride.

“There are 9 million bikes in Beijing…”

And a lot of taxi cabs, too.

College students dancing at a public square, some were bare foot.

Girls sailing at Beihai park.

While others were talking about love.

The tallest building…

before this.

Roads seemed wider.

Bridges [...]