two hats

two hats, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Old man at the 'central market' in the Xiangqiao District, near the center of the city
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red and gold

red and gold, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Lantern at the 'city gate' in the Xiangqiao district
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bamboo

bamboo, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Stack of bamboo and cane
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weight - square # 133

weight, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A young woman weighs "snails" at the central market in the Xiangqiao district
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noodle baskets

noodle baskets, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Hand woven "noodle" baskets, stacked by the "old wall" of the city, in the Xiangqiao district
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contact print # 2 - man with two hats and garlic

contact print # 2 - man with two hats and garlic, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Old man at central market with two hats and garlic
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walk on air

walk on air, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

As if walking "on air" a Buddhist monk dressed in traditional robes, walks by two "ricksha drivers" deep in conversation, in a small backstreet in the Xiangqiao District near the center of the city
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noodles

noodles, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

One of the many culinary delights of the city - Fresh noodle's drying in the sun, near the "old wall" of the city
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inventory

inventory, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Street vendor in an older section of the city in the Xiangqiao District
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pedal

pedal, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

View from the rear of a "ricksha", travelling along a Chaozhou main road, in the Xiangqiao district, near the center of the City
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Jam Shing Hop Tea Shop - Hong Kong # 26

Jam Shing Hop Tea Shop - Hong Kong # 26, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Tea store close to Mong Kok (Subway) MTR station, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
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subway - Hong Kong # 25

subway - Hong Kong # 25, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Passengers on the subway or MTR - "somewhere" under Hong Kong
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Tung Choi Street - Hong Kong # 24

Tung Choi Street - Hong Kong # 24, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Tung Choi Street (Ladies Market) Mong Kok, Hong Kong
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contact print # 01 - exit 5 - Hong Kong # 23

contact print # 01 - exit 5 - Hong Kong # 23, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Bus on Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
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flat - Hong Kong # 22

flat - Hong Kong # 22, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

Monolithic office tower "Mong Kok" Hong Kong
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Canton Road Market - Hong Kong # 21

Canton Road Market - Hong Kong # 21, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

"Canton Road Fruit and Vegetable market", Mong Kok, Hong Kong - 11:23pm - July 23 - 2007
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mask at T.S.T - Hong Kong # 20 - square # 132

mask at T.S.T - Hong Kong # 20, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A man reads a newspaper ignoring a young woman wearing a mask on the early morning subway train at Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
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Lippo Centre - Hong Kong # 19

Lippo Centre - Hong Kong # 19, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

One of the many tall "high-rise" office towers in Admiralty, Hong Kong.

Originally built by Aussie Alan Bond in 1987

The buildings were designed by American architect Paul Rudolph, who strove to relieve the traditional severity of skyscraper walls by designing clusters of obtruding windows.

Local Chinese people regard the building as having bad feng shui because of its chequered history including the high-profile collapse of businesses belonging to successive owners of the building
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exchange - wide # 14 - Hong Kong # 18

exchange - wide # 14 - Hong Kong # 18, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A newspaper vendor outside the "Shanghai Commercial Bank", on the corner of ArgyleStreet and Nelson Road, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
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dwelling

dwelling, originally uploaded by china.sixty4.

A row of apartment buildings along a narrow 'backstreet' on the edge of the city in the Qiaodong district - This style of building - Built after the Communist Revolution of 1949 probably during the Cultural Revolution (When beauty was considered to be Anti - Communist") in the '70's, is a typical apartment "block" replicated millions of times across most of China with very little difference from City to City or Province to Province
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