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
photo: mhobbs

catching-up on the news

In a small backstreet in the centre of the city a woman stands by her "biketruck" loaded with oranges and catches-up on the news
photo: mhobbs

seed man - blue

On a main street in the centre of the city a vendor sits by his "seed" stall in the early afternoon
photo: mhobbs

catching up on the news #2 - square # 40

A woman pushes her "baked sweet potato" oven/cart along a small backstreet in the centre of the city, while another street vendor watches as she catches up on the news photo: mhobbs

walking by

Two woman walk by an old building on the eastern edge of the city, as a man on a 'motorbike-truck' exits from the gate of the building
photo: mhobbs

steamed bun vendor - square # 37

A steamed 'bun' street vendor with his "biketruck" in the centre of the city
photo: mhobbs

orange woman "close up"

Yantai - Central - A woman arranges her "oranges" at a stall in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

orange woman - square # 35

Yantai - Central - A woman arranges her "oranges" at a stall in a small backstreet in the centre of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

black on white

Yantai - South - Black Chinese characters on an old wall in the southern section of the city - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

'orange' street vendor - square # 34

Yantai - Central - A man stands by his 'biketruck' on the corner of a busy street in the centre of the city, hawking oranges - afternoon
photo: mhobbs

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

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
photo: mhobbs

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
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

painters

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

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
photo: mhobbs

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
photo: mhobbs

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
photo: mhobbs

reading the news

Yantai - Central - On a busy street in the middle of the city a man at his 'shoe shine stall' reads the news - afternoon
photo: mhobbs