Category Archives: CHINA BLOGS
China Colour photographs by Michael Jennings
I am now in a position to offer 16*12″ 30*40 cms approx signed colour prints of any of these photographs of China from only £30 + shipping you can pay by paypal. .. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mickjennings/albums/72157632522915260 .. I took some … Continue reading
China in Black & White
As I am off very soon for another wander around, this time Turkey and perhaps beyond, I thought I should post a few of the black & white film photos I took in China and try summing up my thoughts … Continue reading
BACK IN BEIJING FOR NATIONAL DAY
After a long tour round china am finally back in the centre of power for National Day. Although unplanned it was a rather poetic end. There was no other choice but to spend the day at the Forbidden City and … Continue reading
QINGDAO TO BEIJING IN THE LAND WEST OF THE SUN AND EAST OF THE MOON
I was so relieved when one of the three receptionists at the Golden Lampstand Hotel handed me my train ticket from Qingdao to Beijing. I felt like doing a little jig in the enormous reception area, but the Chinese are … Continue reading
QINGDAO BATHING BEACH NUMBER ONE
The sea front mainly modern high rise but there are still a few of the Bavarian style buildings and further to the north there are many more, and you could imagine yourself by Lake Constance in some science fiction future, … Continue reading
QINGDAO OFF TO THE SEASIDE
The slick Shanghai transport system gets me easily to the Hongqiao Railway Station, the central hub of China’s east coast high speed train network CRH. The waiting rooms are like modern airport lounges. Elevators and lifts convey one seemlessly around … Continue reading
SHANGHAI ONE OF THE CITY STATES
From the top of the World financial centre one should be able to see for a long way as the surrounding area is Norfolk flat. In reality I could probably only see about twenty miles as the chromatic of Shanghai … Continue reading
