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Guangzhou's 5 yuan haircut

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September 28th 2011
Lifa is a barbershop located behind South China Normal Unversity in Tianhe. The nighborhood is fairly wealthy, though along a defunt railroad track resides a shanty town of homes made from completely found materials. I noticed the small neighborhood when going for a walk I saw several elderly men and women walking down an abandoned railroad. So naturally I fallowed them to see where it led. Th ... 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