steamed corn - square # 50

steamed corn, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A 'steamed corn' vendor working in the frigid cold, stands outside a large department store in the centre of the city
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carrying a bucket

A man dressed in a suit carrys a bucket filled with 'food slops' along a narrow hutong, in the east of the city
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seed man - blue

On a main street in the centre of the city a vendor sits by his "seed" stall in the early afternoon
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steamed bun vendor - square # 37

A steamed 'bun' street vendor with his "biketruck" in the centre of the city
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hardware

Yantai - south - In the southern section of the city a man enters a small hardware store, crowded with plastic buckets and pipes which "spill" onto the already crowded sidewalk - afternoon
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sultan - square # 33

Yantai - Central - A Muslum sultana vendor, shows off his wares on a busy street in the centre of the city - afternoon
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night store

Yantai - East - A man enters a small "nong tang" (alley) store, late at night, car headlights reflect off the boxes stacked on the outside of the shop - night
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classic chinese pose # 1

Yantai - North - A man dressed in a "classic" Chinese coat, pushes his "biketruck" along a narrow "nong tang" in the north of the city - afternoon
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lunch #1

Yantai - A man has lunch on the corner of a small backstreet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
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lunch #2 square #29

Yantai - A man has lunch on the corner of a small backstreet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
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close to the wall

Yantai - North - A biketruck" guy on the northern edge of the city in a "nong tang" (alley) beside an ancient wall - afternoon
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close to the wall #2

Yantai - North - In a warehouse district on the northern edge of the city a "biketruck" guy rides his bike along a narrow "nong tang" (alley) - afternoon
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looking out to sea - square # 28

Yantai - North - An old man wearing a cap looks out to sea (Bohai) standing on a 'boardwalk' on the northern edge of the city, by the bay - afternoon
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walking

Yantai - North - An old man wearing a "people's jacket and cap" stolls along the boardwalk on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
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to the right

Yantai - North - On the northern edge of the city a man walks by an old soon to be demolished "European" building, circa 1900 - afternoon
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man in brown suit

Yantai - North - In a small street on the northern edge of the city a man wearing a dark brown suit walks to meet friends - afternoon
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hutong man

Yantai - East - An old man stands outside his Hutong (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city - 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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