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As the wealth of Taishan increases more access is being created, that is more bridges across rivers. Pretty soon, it will be like America where the rivers and…
Bees are common in Taishan. I don’t know if they are dying out in China but in America bees are slowly dying. From 1972 to 2006, feral honey bees declined…
Beans grow anywhere. These long beans are found the side of the road. She harvests as much as she needs for the daily meal. Everywhere in China, farmers…
Taishan and China have been building new roads twenty-four seven. They have built thousands of miles of roads and toll-roads. Still it is not enough. With the opening of…
This building houses the government of Hop Lien district. District offices function like our councilperson’s offices.
“See Haen” – the village altar. It is generally located at the entrance to the village. On New Years, weddings, births, and other occasions, the people come here…
Advertising involves posting bills around the neighborhood. The small ad is trying to sell a chicken farm covering 300 mu area, (60 acres), with 600 meters square covered….
Taishan gets hot and hotter, in the summer it’s in the high 90’s sometimes tipping 100+ degrees. Air conditioning in the town is common but in rural areas…
Lots of rural schools have been abandoned. In many cases, the parents go away to work in factories, leaving the children with the grandparents in the village. The…
In the market place, the competition is tight. Usually they throw in extras like a bunches of green onions. This build loyalty and a repeat customer.
This cardboard recycler is serious. Just look at her bicycle and the cardboard. In China anything which can be recycled is recycled. They are short of natural resources.
This woman is weighing the produce with an ancient tool, a balance scale. Roman and Chinese balance scales (steelyards) were independently invented around 200 BC. Aluminum, mass-produced balance scale sold…
There are WC’s are all over town. The problem is most the older homes still lack basic plumbing. Chamberpots are used at night; in the day, they are emptied…
This little girl can barely peer into the cart but she knows what she wants. These carts usually sell boil turnip and pig intestines.
Vendors must sell, rain or shine, to earn their daily bread. The Chinese pick the best fresh vegetables they can find. The veggies should be young and tender, have a…
Prices fluctuate from day-to-day. Today, at ¥3 a jin, a little more than a pound, tomorrow who knows.
Lots of houses in gated community’s are still for sale. I went inside one house and found it bare, just waiting for someone to call it home.