FYI.
There is a Wal-Mart in Xiashan, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
It’s about a block away from Workers’ Gymnasium.
I share stuff here. But I also take photos. My photo tumblr at vancouverish.com is far more interesting.
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February 16, 2012
January 24, 2012
"Apple’s executives had estimated that about 8,700 industrial engineers were needed to oversee and guide the 200,000 assembly-line workers eventually involved in manufracturing iPhones. The company’s analysts had forecast it would take as long as nine months to find that many qualified engineers in the United States. In China, it took 15 days."
— Why the United States Will Never, Ever Build the iPhone - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic
September 9, 2011
"To many Chinese, the huge stores have become a second home, with families congregating at the weekend to nap on the display beds and eat in the cafe."
June 25, 2011
The mirage city seen in China. More on this here. (via Apparently This is News).
WTF?
May 24, 2011
Ai Weiwei’s Portrait Projected on NYC Chinese Consulate by Kyle Chayka
On this past Friday May 20, Cuban artist Geandy Pavon did a guerrilla projection protest for Ai Weiwei. In this work, called “Nemesis Ai Weiwei: The Elusiveness of Being”, Pavon projected Ai’s face onto the blank street-side facade of the New York City Chinese Consulate. Click through for video documentation of the project…. READ MORE.
We also have a Q+A with the artist, Geandy Pavon.
(via standardgrey)
May 18, 2011
Photos: Chinese bride pulled to safety during suicide attempt
A 22-year-old woman in a wedding gown attempted to kill herself by jumping out of a seven-storey residential building in Changchun, Jilin province, China, May 17, 2011. According to local media, the woman tried to commit suicide after her boyfriend of four years broke up with her, just as they were making plans to get married. The woman did not sustain any injuries during the incident. (China Daily/Reuters)
April 10, 2011
Ai Weiwei, Dropping a Han dynasty urn, 1995, © Ai Weiwei. via art tattler
December 7, 2010
BBC News - Nobel peace prize: Who is boycotting the ceremony
Diplomacy appears to have taken a big fat dump over the past two weeks. And now it’s just blatant bullying.
September 18, 2010
Home, photograph by 力 刘, Chongqing, China.
If you missed the 50 posts I made about Chongqing last weekend, you can browse them here.
Amazing. It looks like something out of Bladerunner.
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