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When things die

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Sascha Matuszak

I was in Chengdu for the past two days taking care of some business and I went to check out my old home in Three Gods Village. I have posted here about it earlier — the place is getting torn down to make way for high rise buildings and the people are forced to move […]

Posted in Chengdu, ChinaTagged cats, fleas, Hakka, kitties, patterns, peasants, Sichuan, simple pleasures, steady dreamin4 Comments

Beijing 2008

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Sascha Matuszak

I am finally in Beijing. After several months of talking about it and changes to the plan on a weekly basis, I am now officially part of the whole “one world one dream” experience in Beijing. Yesterday was a beautiful day. The sun shone all day, the sky was blue and white lazy clouds hung […]

Posted in Chengdu, shanghaiTagged Beijing, geek, my people, Olympics, peasants, shanghai, Sichuan2 Comments

My Neighbors

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Sascha Matuszak

Here are some pics by photographer Andreas Mueller of the village i live in and some of my neighbors:

Posted in Chengdu, ChinaTagged Crib, development, Hakka, peasants, SichuanLeave a comment

Three God’s Village and The Hakka – lil Update

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Sascha Matuszak

I have gotten a glimpse of the historical record of the Hakka that settled in Three Gods Village where I live. They arrived in Sichuan during the reign of Kangxi — first in Longquan (not far from where I am) then eventually in this village. The trip took 4 months from Guangdong where they are […]

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The Gov’s Side of the Story

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Sascha Matuszak

So the meeting between the local government officials of Three God’s Village and the villagers took place today at 10am. The meeting was held in a bed and breakfast inn, one of the largest, across from the local Party Secretary’s house. WE sat under peach tree in bamboo chairs as the officials explained what was […]

Posted in Chengdu, ChinaTagged artists, development, peasants1 Comment

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