blur frame "rush"

Yantai - East - Students from "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" rush to a market in the failing light of late afternoon -
photo/manipulation: mhobbs

lunch #1

Yantai - A man has lunch on the corner of a small backstreet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

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
photo: mhobbs

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
photo: mhobbs

digging the trenches

Yantai - East - These men, working at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" outside the apartment building specifically for the foriegn teachers at the college, are all from Hebei provience, one of the less developed and poorest in China, many immigrant workers come to Shandong to find employment - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

painters

Yantai - Central - In the centre of the city, three "painters" sit at the side of the road waiting for work - 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
photo: mhobbs

wet alley

Yantai - East - In a "nong tang" or alley on the eastern edge of town a girl uses an umbrella to protect herself from the rain - afternoon
photo: mhobbs