The Pensioners are back
Retired doctors, nurses, and health workers converged on Chengdu’s government offices today for the third time in a month. The first time I was able to walk down and talk to them, as there were but several dozen. This time there are about a 500-600 - about a dozen dressed in hospital whites – and [...]
We be sharing poetry about Chengdu.
Check it out here on the Chengdu Forum. Or below. Now I know where all the recycling goes down a funk street in hongpailou past the rows of ankle high plastic seats roundtables and dust covered plastic hats rough faced workers with mouths full of pigfat laughing out loud as they chopstick spar a bowl of pepper [...]
Li Cheng Peng Book Signing in Chengdu
Li Cheng Peng, an outspoken ex-sports journalist turned censorship-slayer and social media darling has a new book out: “全世界人民都知道：SmILENCE” (The Whole World Knows: SmILENCE) He held a signing near my house in Chengdu and I went to check it out and take some photos. I bought the book and was hoping to get an autograph, [...]
Anren Jianchuan Museum Cluster
I made a visit to the Jianchuan Museum Cluster a few months ago and then wrote a post for Chengduliving on the museum and Fan Jianchuan, the man behind the cluster. If you ever make it out here to Chengdu, visit the Anren Museum Cluster, for my money it’s the best collection of museums in [...]
Insomnia
Sometimes I can’t sleep at night, I toss and turn, alarm bells and laughter going off in the street. Honking cars in my dreams. I can’t get no peace. So I get up and get dressed and toss on my shoes and walk through Hongpailou. Sometime I remember to bring my camera. These shots were [...]
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