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Entries from December 2011

Christmas in the CBD

December 25th, 2011 · No Comments

I had to make a quick trip to Guomao this morning, so, of course, I brought along my camera. I wanted to follow up on a story from a couple of days ago. Late Friday morning, December 23, 2011, during the demolition of a building near the CCTV Headquarters Building, a part of said building [...]

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Tags: Beijing · billboards · CCTV · photo

Civilized Chaoyang 2011

December 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Here’s a shot from late last week in Beijing when the air was somewhat clear, the man was somewhat short – though longer than the bed of his trike – and the Hyundai Elantra was max shiny. And the CCTV Bldg was the CCTV Bldg., since it’s hard for it to be anything else. (click [...]

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Tags: Beijing · CCTV · photo

Holding Our Breath

December 5th, 2011 · 7 Comments

This morning I’m in pain. I take little comfort in knowing that I’m not the only one in Beijing suffering from the same symptoms: pounding headache, sore throat and burning eyes. It’s the air pollution that’s got us down, physically, spiritually, mentally and every other -ally I can possibly think of. I have my curtains [...]

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Tags: Beijing · pollution

End of November, Beijing

December 1st, 2011 · No Comments

Below are some shots I’ve taken over the past 8 days. When a friend comes to Beijing you find yourself going to places you normally wouldn’t go, though many of the sites are too good to pass up for a one time trip to the Jing. I also ended up taking a couple of spins [...]

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Tags: Beijing · CCTV · CCTV fire · photo