serving the rice - square # 39

Two of the many "workers" in canteen No. 2 at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" share a joke. George Orwell [pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair] excerpt from "1984" - "Chapter 5" In the low-ceilinged canteen, deep underground, the lunch queue jerked slowly forward. The room was already very full and deafeningly noisy. From the grille at the counter the steam of stew came pouring forth, with a sour metallic smell which did not quite overcome the fumes of Victory Gin. On the far side of the room there was a small bar, a mere hole in the wall, where gin could be bought at ten cents the large nip.
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early morning work - square # 38

Workers at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" create cement to fill in trenches that had been dug to lay new pipes for the 'water' heating system within the cement block apartment buildings
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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
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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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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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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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three together - square # 14

Yantai - East - Three immigrant workers stop for a 'smoko' at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - afternoon
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under a tree - square # 1

Yantai - Central - In a small backstreet in the centre of the city two men waiting for 'employment' sit under a tree - afternoon
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three men - square # 2

Yantai - Central - Three men (workers) sit on the side of a busy road in the centre of the city, waiting for 'employment' - afternoon
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homeless - square # 11

Yantai - Central - In the centre of the city a homeless alcoholic sleeps on the sidewalk with a group of men nearby - afternoon
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Game - square # 12

Yantai - Central - On a busy main road in the centre of the city a group of men watch a card game - afternoon
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chefs on the street

Yantai - East - Three young Chefs sit outside a small restaurant on a small backstreet, having a break, in the east of the city - afternoon
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four men

Yantai - Four men (workers) sit on the side of a busy road in the centre of the city - afternoon
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butchers queue

Yantai - A queue at the 'butchers market stall' at the indoor market on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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in the pharmacy

Yantai - East - Two men in a pharmacy looking at the 'sexual health' medicine cabinet - evening
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sitting

Yantai - Central - Two old men sit and watch the 'street traffic' in the centre of the city
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hair

Yantai - Sign on a wall of the 'eastern Yantai' market advertising a hairdressers - afternoon
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psychics on the street

Yantai - Central - Two psychics, a palm reader the other a "feet" (sic) reader, on a market street in the centre of town - afternoon
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Love - fixing the road

Yantai - East - Four men repair a small street in the eastern part of town
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