Gahood

This is one entrance gate to the Gahood Residential compund. Land, orginally owned by the state was sold to farmers who formed a collective. They in turn leased to developers but the one compound is managed by four separate farmers owners groups. The reult is that most of the project is derelict and uninhabited. It\'s quite, quite surreal

Ignoring Beijing

June 21st 2006
Visitors to Beijing will quite understandably high-tail their way to the major sites of interests as soon as they get off the plane. The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall and so on. These places, whilst spectacular and popular will only give you a certain perspective on this immense and complex city. In the meantime, like in any metropolis, life carries on unaba ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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