I found this image by chance when looking for something on Baidu image search. I’m not sure whether I should be disturbed or just amused.
11
Jul
2005
2005
Mini Spring Rolls
The picture on the back has it served with a mug of beer. Nice.
This product seems to be part of a larger trend of miniaturizing foods to turns them into snack foods. Another example is the “mini ramen” snack food. It comes in a bag, and each piece is a tiny version of the solid chunk of dry noodles of an uncooked bowl of instant ramen. (Anyone have a picture of that?)
Lianhua (联华) is…
08
Jul
2005
2005
Me and a Baby
Yup, that’s pretty much what that picture is. This baby was ridiculously happy all the time. He liked me too!
23
Jun
2005
2005
China's New Reality
Time has a new “photo essay” called China’s New Reality.
Is there anything new about this? Lame, lame, lame. I can find more interesting China photos browsing Flickr or even friends’ sites.
Via AAIC.
02
Jun
2005
2005
A Taste of Shanghai
Browsing Flickr’s Shanghai-related photos, I came across A Taste of Shanghai, a “food photo diary” by user yusheng. The intro states:
Let me just say, right off the bat, that aside from maybe Beijing and possibly the Pearl River Delta region, Shanghai has, by a wide margin, the best food in China. Of course, the rest of China’s food is barely edible (IMO, obviously), so it’s not that difficult be the best.
That said, Shanghai’s Chinese food
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29
May
2005
2005
Noodle School
拉面 is a kind of Chinese noodle. (Its cousin better known in the West is the Japanese adaptation, ramen.) It’s fun watching 拉面 being made. The process (via About.com):
To make the noodles, roll the dough into a long cylinder. Rub sesame oil over. Grab both ends of the dough. Twist the dough, and then pull it out, stretching your arms apart. Fold the dough in half. Continue stretching and folding the dough until it forms fine
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20
May
2005
2005
Excellent Beijing Photos
I am just starting to get into Flickr. I’m a little slow to jump on that bandwagon, yes, I know. I’ve discovered that I’m too lazy to bother designing photo albums anymore, and somehow even something like Gallery doesn’t seem that appealing. I’m still exploring Flickr, but I may end up using it in the feature.
Right now, though, you can enjoy a great set of Beijing photos by Frank Yu. I’m not sure how to articulate…
08
May
2005
2005
The Faces of Shanghai
I found a link to the New York Times Travel Slide Show: The Faces of Shanghai on Micah’s blog. I had seen the link elsewhere, but didn’t bother clicking on it until I saw it on Micah’s blog. He has good “link cred” with me, I guess.
As Micah mentions, there’s definitely a slant to the people who were chosen for the portraits and profiles. To me, the slant seemed a lot like, “the…
13
Mar
2005
2005
Photography from Xitek
Xitek.com is a Chinese site which takes photography very seriously and showcases some of its members’ work. I’ve selected a sample of the more notable galleries currently online.
《矿工写真》: A collection of pictures of Chinese miners as a memorial to those lost in the Henan mining distaster.
粤西禁地 – 汉森病康复村: Photos from a leprosy recovery village in Guongdong province.
《大山之子》: 岜沙 is a village near Guizhou populated with people of the 苗 minority group.
香格里拉:
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10
Dec
2004
2004
Shanghai Streets Music
I while back I added a new blog to the CBL called Shanghai Streets. It’s a photoblog covering life in Shanghai. It has had some good shots. My favorite so far is probably these shopping girls, but I really like this building, and this picture of Taco Popo, a decent attempt at Mexican that I’ll always remember fondly. So there’s a photoblog to keep your eye on. You’ll also notice that zanhe.com (mentioned in…
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