red on white

A Chinese character on the wall of a building in the centre of the city, the character means "clean" it is part of a larger sign on a wall that suggested to keep the streets clean photo:mhobbs

red frame

Yantai - Central - Old signage on a wall in the centre of the city - afternoon
photo/manipulation: mhobbs

corner store

Yantai - North - A corner store in a small backstreet in the north of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

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
photo: mhobbs

burning

Yantai - East - A neon sign 'burns' atop of a hotel "night and day", on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

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
Apologies to the "readers" this site being a "google" product has been blocked for the past month by the 'Central Government - It seems to be unblocked as of today -
photo: mhobbs

yellow wall - white door

Yantai - East - A yellow wall, green cloth and white door in a small alley on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

merchants - square # 15

Yantai - Central - In the centre of the city two men share a joke whilst waiting for a new customer - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

chun da 80

Yantai - East - On the eastern edge of the city a sign on a gate to the entrance of an old 'apartment/housing compound is half obscured by a old and peeling red paper "Chinese New Year" strip - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

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
photo: mhobbs

painted wall

Yantai - Central - A wall in the centre of the city with a 'peeling' hand painted sign - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

looking in

Yantai - An old man looks into a window of a clinic on a small backstreet in the east of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

appropriate parking

Yantai - 'Appropriate Parking' Sign in a carpark at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" with a bike leaning against a wall in the background - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

red and white

Yantai - Central - A torn sign above a store in the 'central west' of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

blue wall

Yantai - East - Notices pasted onto a small 'blue wall' at 'Shandong Institute of Business and Technology' - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

billboard

Yantai - Billboard for "China Life Insurance" in the centre of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

hair

Yantai - Sign on a wall of the 'eastern Yantai' market advertising a hairdressers - afternoon
photo: mhobbs