through a window

Yantai - North - Looking through a clouded window window of an old and abandoned building on the northern edge of the city - Morning
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sealed door

Yantai - North - On the northern edge of the city, in a concealed courtyard an old building's door is sealed, this is common in China. The owners of the building may be the government or the building may have been confiscated for various reasons by the government. This building is now deserted and empty. - morning
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14

Yantai - East - A pale blue/grey door at Shandong Institute of Business & Technology, with the number 14 painted on it for no apparent reason (14 being a 'cardinal number 1 more than 13 or 10 plus 4) - morning
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china lace

Yantai - North - In a "nong tang" (alley) on the northern edge of the city lace curtains with a typical Chinese scene of a pagoda and sea shore (as seen in Yantai) in the window of an old residential dwelling - afternoon
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arch and entrance

Yantai - Central - On the northern edge of the city in a small backstreet a norrow lane leads to a concealed courtyard of a traditional style home - afternoon
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red coat # 2

Yantai - Centre - A woman on her bicycle with large "spring onions" strapped to the back of her bike, travels along a "nong tang" (alley) on the northern edge of the city - late afternoon
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grapes - square # 27

Yantai - Centre - In a small backstreet in the centre of the city near the "docks" a young woman sorts grapes infront of her store
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meat on sticks - square # 26

Yantai - Central - Three Muslim men at their small stall/restaurant that specializes in 'meat on sticks' roasted over coals, near the entrance to a large supermarket in the centre of the city - late afternoon
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migrant

Yantai - Central - Sitting outside a fast food restaurant in the centre of the city, a Muslim migrant worker selling fruit from baskets, covers her face with her hands - afraid that I (the photographer) will discover that she is not registered as a legal citizen of Shandong province. (This I assume is from habit)

In China all people (Men, women and children over thirteen) must carry "id"; cards, these are used to identify your residential status, your ethnic origins as well as which "work-unit", you belong. A work unit is for example - if you work for a factory you belong to that factories work-unit.

China currently is experiencing the largest movement (migration) of people the world has ever witnessed, this is causing great dissorder in many of the eastern (more developed) cities, due to the poor conditions and the lack of employement opportunities for "unskilled" labor.

Yet many from China's north and west continue to migrate south and east in search of a better life for themselves and their children, some legally but most illegally.

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painters

Yantai - Central - In the centre of the city, three "painters" sit at the side of the road waiting for work - afternoon
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waiting - with sign

Yantai - Central - In a side street in the centre of the city a lone 'worker' sits by the side of the road, waiting for 'work' - afternoon
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brown suit #1

Yantai - Central - In a small couryard in the centre of the city a man dressed in a 'modern' Chinese style suit checks his washing - afternoon
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brown suit #2

Yantai - In a small couryard in the centre of the city a man dressed in a 'modern' Chinese style suit walks by - afternoon
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unloading - square # 25

Yantai - Central - A man unloads a 'biketruck' of waste paper, soon to be recycled, whilst another notes the 'load' in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon
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bike repair #1

Yantai - Central - Two men repair a bicycle at a bike repair 'shop' in a small sidestreet, in the centre of the city - afternoon
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bicycle repair #2

Yantai - Central - Two men discuss a bicycles repair at a bike repair 'shop' in a small sidestreet, in the centre of the city - afternoon
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reading the news

Yantai - Central - On a busy street in the middle of the city a man at his 'shoe shine stall' reads the news - afternoon
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burning

Yantai - East - A neon sign 'burns' atop of a hotel "night and day", on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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face - old man

Yantai - East - An old man looks off into the far distance, sitting outside a noodle shop in a small 'nong tang' (alley) on the eastern edge of the city - late afternoon
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key cutter - square # 24

Yantai - East - In a "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city a man sits and works at his 'key cutting table' - late afternoon
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counting - square # 23

Yantai - On a busy road in the centre of the city a Muslim sultana vendor stands by his 'biketruck', with the back of the bike loaded up with piles of fresh sultanas counting his days 'takings' - afternoon photo: mhobbs

man at his shoe shine stall

Yantai - Central - On a busy street in the centre of the city a man waits for his next customer at his "shoe shine stall" - afternoon
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vegetable vendor - square # 22

Yantai - Central - A man serves a customer from his 'biketruck' vegetable stall in a courtyard in the centre of the city - afternoon
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drunk

Yantai - A man sleeps on the steps to a small bank in the centre of the city - afternoon
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curios

Yantai - Central - Afternoon light falls onto a peeling painted sign on an old building housing an arcade of "Yantai Curio's" in the centre of the city - afternoon
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