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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.
For three days, Tyhoon Nida came through Taishan. It ripped off the tops of the palms while down the street nothing came off.
TV production is a big business in Taishan and China. With 14 million sets in China that is an insatiable hole to fill.
Usually when transit operators come around that is an indication of potential change. In this older part of town, some of the structures are in danger of being…
In this reflection from a tour bus, one can see the happy face (non-reflective) and a tourist. These buses originate in Hong Kong to tour Taishan. Most of the…
This is a typical toilet in most homes and businesses. In a home toilet paper is available; in a business, it may not be.
When a ‘car’ needs repair it is taken across the road to a ‘garage.’ When done the boy drives it across the road to Shi Fa Shan park…
Shopping mall are coming to Taishan. Most of the centres comprised of individual companies like they do in America.
When living in a one room apartment one stuff overflows. Lack of storage space becomes a problem. I must say this is a family room because it has…
Tee-shirts the way you like them. This man will make any tee shirt. You pick the material, size, and design.
This is how they dry tea leaves before toasting. Long beds of tea leaves with hot air from the weather being drawn over them. When they are dried…
At the tea factory, this is one of the stoves in use. It uses wood for fuel. Then again, most of China still uses wood.