China
Faces of Macau 澳門
I've always found Macau intriguing. Like Hong Kong it was a colonial possession (handed back by Portugal to China in 1999) but its path to the 21st century seems to have contradicted the unrelenting businesslike shininess and efficiency of the city at this side of the...
Shenzhen 深圳 – facades and flowers
When I first passed through Shenzhen 深圳 in 1985 just before crossing the border into Hong Kong, it was a collection of run-down shacks. I still had an unused entry on my current Chinese visa, which expires on Thursday, and I've been unwell all week and unable to...
Beijing sights
I thought I’d stick some of my touristy Beijing photos up here on the blog. So many people have written about their impressions of the city that it seems superfluous me adding my piece. Google it. There’s loads. Here in the first gallery, we have our visit to the...
Back to 八樓
This is the dormitory block of what is now the Beijing Languages University, where I spent the second year of my degree. I’ve spent today revisiting old Beijing haunts, and the memories have flooded back. Is going back a good thing? I’m not sure.
萬里長城
Now I just need to photograph it from space.
