three workers - square # 41

Three 'workers' at 'Shandong Institute of Business and Technology' take a break in the early morning, after pulling up old paving stones/steps of one of the many teaching buildings with the campus
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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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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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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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on the road

Yantai - East - A 'worker' cements the road (small backstreet eastern edge of the city)
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digging

Yantai - Central - A man rests, after digging a trench in central Yantai - afternoon
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electrical workers

Yantai - Central - Two men (electrical workers) standing by their truck
in the centre of the city
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