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Archive for the ‘I.Heart.China’ Category
I (heart) China
Since I won’t be walking around anywhere for the next few months, I would like to take this opportunity to [...]
Friday, December 5th, 2008
I(H)C02 – Colors
I like the colors of China. It can happen on a completely gray morning in a completely gray street – [...]
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
I(H)C03 – History
Every people in every corner of the world seems to have its own unique part of history. Chengdu, January 19th [...]
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
I(H)C04 – Ice & light
The Northeastern parts of China can get extremely cold during the winter, with daytime temperatures easily dropping to a chilly [...]
Monday, December 8th, 2008
I(H)C05 – Little Ones
When I was in Sanya on Hainan Island for the first time in the spring of 2006, I came across [...]
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
I(H)C06 – Dreams
Zhuhai in the South of Guangdong is a place of romance: honeymooners come here from all over the country to [...]
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
I(H)C07 – Dance
It was In October 2006 that China Foto Press invited a couple of photographers on a weekend-trip to the city [...]
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
I(H)C08 – Respect
The picture I would like to show today is from the Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. I realize that this [...]
Friday, December 12th, 2008
I(H)C09 – Boxes
Out of all cities I have ever been to, Hong Kong has the most beautiful skyline – by far. Maybe [...]
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
I(H)C10 – Modernization
Many people in the West have probably forgotten already, but China has suffered its very own history of colonization during [...]
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
I(H)C11 – Highness
…thousands of steps, and tenthousands of tourists to climb them. They say every good Han (汉 – Chinese) must have [...]
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
I(H)C12 – Islam
Muslims usually don’t like having their picture taken. I am always trying my best to respect that, especially when I [...]
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
I(H)C13 – Da Ruckus
Maybe some of you know the 36 Chambers album – well, the original Wu-Tang really does exist. Somewhere in the [...]
Friday, December 19th, 2008
I(H)C14 – Study
The Chairman once had a word for all the little ones in his People’s Republic: “好好å¦ä¹ ，天天å‘上” – “study hard for [...]
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
I(H)C15 – Comfort
What this cat is trying to say… Somewhere between Guilin and Yangshuo, March 15th 2006. “…stay close to where it’s [...]
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
I(H)C16 – Amur
Temperatures over here have dropped by a few degrees during the last couple of days. There I am on the [...]
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
I(H)C17 – 哥们
It was in Suizhou (éšå·ž) I think, but I am not sure about that anymore. Anyway I found myself with [...]
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
I(H)C19 – The Mo(u)rning
You’re probably wondering what the hell I am doing. The truth is, I am in the process of figuring things [...]
Monday, January 12th, 2009
I(H)C20 – Lungs
I got to the top of the Five-Finger-Mountain (五指山) in the late morning hours. The skies were azure, the clouds [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
I(H)C21 – Adventure
Once upon time, on a market in Tianjin (天津), I found this book: Tianjin, July 7th 2007. It was a [...]
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
I(H)C22 – Favorites
Of all the cities I have ever been to, no matter where, there was not one that wasn’t populated by [...]
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
I(H)C23 – The Need
This is Luozhuangxili (罗庄西里) in the Haidian District (海淀区) of Beijing, the place I used to live: Beijing, December 10th [...]
Saturday, January 17th, 2009
I(H)C24 – Rivers & Roads
“You can’t stand in the same river twice” or so they say. I’m not sure if I got the actual [...]
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
I(H)C25 – The Essence of Things
2005 ended in a winter during which I would take long lonely walks in the northern outskirts of Beijing: get [...]
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
I(H)C27 – 牛
Happy New Year of The Ox! Lijiang, February 24th 2007. Some dates are just special.
Monday, January 26th, 2009
I(H)C28 – The Watcher
I am at home and It’s not bad at all. My Russian class is coming to an end, and I [...]
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
I(H)C29 – Sell pineapples
I am going to stop walking for good. February 28th 2007, Xishuangbanna. Go back to university. Get a degree. Find [...]
Monday, February 16th, 2009
I(H)C30 – The Stone
Yesterday morning, I almost got enrolled into university. Well, almost. One document was missing. I had already handed it in [...]
Friday, March 13th, 2009
I(H)C31 – Cool Fashion
need cool taste. You are the new man March 6th 2006, Guangzhou. Banana Piece [PS: I have recently added more [...]
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
I(H)C32 – The Running
This is probably my all-time favorite photograph from three years in China. In the fall of 2006, we’re a random [...]
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
I(H)C33 – Perseverance
I was in æ¡‚æž— (guilin) once, it was in March 2006. I had to go there because somebody had shown [...]
Monday, February 1st, 2010
I(H)C34 – Walking Through Poems
One of my trips through the middle kingdom landed me in å¼ å®¶ç•Œ (Zhangjiajie) in the southern province of æ¹–å— (Hunan). [...]
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
I(H)C35 – The Tempting Veil
I miss China, and I miss walking around. …one time in the spring of 2006 I got a ticket to [...]
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
I(H)C36 – the recycled picture
This one was in æå·ž (Hangzhou), on the shores of the 西湖 (West Lake): April 7th 2006, Hangzhou. You might [...]
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
I(H)C37 – kitsch
In every language, there are some expressions that are particularly hard to translate. In German, one of these words is [...]
Monday, January 31st, 2011
I(H)C38 – fish & thunder
There is a huge lake in Western China: é’æµ·æ¹– (Qinghai Lake). It is also known as Kukunor, and both names [...]
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
I(H)C39 – four thousand seven hundred eight years
Today is the last day of the year of the Tiger. The Rabbit is soon to come. August 17th 2007, [...]
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
I(H)C40 – pink dog
I found them (they found me) somewhere in the outskirts of the capital: February 25th, 北京 (Beijing). It was a [...]
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
I(H)C41 – Ways
Loved the entanglement of pathways: January 22nd 2006 – Chongqing (é‡åº†) Soundtrack: Hanover Saints – “When The Truth Rings Out”
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
I(H)C42 – Models
They’re the best: March 14th 2006, between Guilin (æ¡‚æž—) and Yangshuo (阳朔). Soundtrack: Sublime – “Pawn Shop”
Friday, October 21st, 2011
I(H)C43 – Siesta
Walked by and actually got a bit jealous: May 3rd 2006, Shanhaiguan (山海关). Soundtrack: Amorphis – “Thousand Lakes”
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
I(H)C44 – Looking at stuff
The car eventually blew up: September 17th 2005, Beijing (北京). Soundtrack: Gauge – “Breakthrough”
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
I(H)C45 – four stars for a loo
Found this one inside the Forbidden City (故宫): January 27th, 2007. Beijing (北京). You know how much I appreciate a [...]
Monday, November 21st, 2011
I(H)C46 – pride of a chef
Night food is something special in China. I wasn’t always able to handle it health-wise, but I loved going out [...]
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
I(H)C47 – humidity
When I was roaming through the province of 广东 (Guangdong), I noticed clothes everywhere. They only dry slowly under the [...]
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
I(H)C48 – choices
I forget where this one was taken: May 20th, 2007, somewhere in Hubei (湖北). ç¦ç¦„寿 (happiness, money, long life) – [...]
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