that weird west beijing beauty at sunset from olympic park, mountains and traffic and all
april 2012
热闹 hot and noisy
a laowai at old tianjin, march 2012
extraordinary korean food and mijiu madness, march 2012
where else could i do this but the korean heart of beijing, wudaokou, and with whom else but my korean tongxuemen? this popular restaurant is a bare warehouse room with the walls papered in printed korean text, low stools, some platforms with pillows, and fresh korean pancakes and stew. the highlight is mijiu, a light-tasting, crisp, sweet rice wine that is semi-frozen, like a grown-up slushie.
like chinese hot pot and korean barbecue, dining at this spot is a participatory experience involving open flames on the table and lots of stirring
mijiu: sweet rice liquor ice slush, mixed with a massive ladle and consumed from cold metal bowls
gun bae! gan bei! l’chaim! cheers!
<3
nath and the smog at the tianjin eye ferris wheel, march 2012
The Yellow River by Zhang Kechun
Zhang’s photographic series documents the sometimes surreal scenes along the Yellow River or Huang He, the second longest river in China.
Artist: website (via: whokilledbambi)
lanterns and the crisp sky of a northeast china winter
at longqing gorge ticket gate, yanqing county, february 2012
the video is currently blowing up youku, the chinese version of youtube. this guy is a master impersonator and does spot-on impressions of beijing’s stereotypical cast of international bar characters.
although it’s racist, the video undeniably features some great current chinese slang, and it’s shockingly funny if you understand a bit of chinese or have lived in asia. most of the expats and locals i’ve met in beijing absolutely love talking about the types of things the guy(s) talk about in this video—accents, cultural differences between various parts of the sinosphere, race, the attention foreigners get in public, how europeans and americans act in china, dating, drinking…
“Sometimes it seems like Beijing actually has weather!” -Dennell Reynolds
Spring rain in Renmin University
April 2012
i love these fools ^_^
nice balmy day for a bit of the beach and some great wall walking
the ladies at the long wall and the sea
shanhaiguan, qinhuangdao, hebei province, february 2012
a small bonfire on the beach at shanhaiguan, korean-polish-ukranian-israeli-dutch-chinese-american style
where the great wall kisses the sea
qinhuangdao, hebei province, china, february 2012
