
In the mid-afternoon glow, dried chilli's hang on an outside wall of a 'hutong' (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city. Note: the old menues stuck on to the wall along side the chilliphoto: mhobbs

A man dressed in a suit carrys a bucket filled with 'food slops' along a narrow hutong, in the east of the cityphoto: mhobbs

On a busy "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city, a shoe repair vendor sits in the bitterly cold wind of the afternoon repairing shoes
photo: mhobbs

A teenager walks by a traditional entrance to a Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the cityphoto: mhobbs