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Showing posts with label West Lake. Show all posts
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Friday, February 25, 2011

WEST LAKE INTERLUDE (HANGZHOU, CHINA)

INTERLUDE
HANGZHOU, CHINA


WEST LAKE, 1981

RESPITE FROM
THE "GARISH DAY"

For a misty early morning photograph of West Lake, 1981, and a note on a brief but interesting encounter, see the posting here.

CHINA THEN & NOW

One of a series

Saturday, June 6, 2009

SURFACE & SUBSTANCE: HANGZHOU, CHINA

SURFACE & SUBSTANCE


HANGZHOU 1981

COMPLIMENTS
TO WEST LAKE AT DAWN

Out wandering in Hangzhou early in the morning on my first trip to China, I meet a man standing at West Lake at dawn. "It is very beautiful," I say.

The local sets me straight: "Yes, but the housing in town is very poor."