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
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burning

Yantai - East - A neon sign 'burns' atop of a hotel "night and day", on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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face - old man

Yantai - East - An old man looks off into the far distance, sitting outside a noodle shop in a small 'nong tang' (alley) on the eastern edge of the city - late afternoon
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key cutter - square # 24

Yantai - East - In a "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city a man sits and works at his 'key cutting table' - late afternoon
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counting - square # 23

Yantai - On a busy road in the centre of the city a Muslim sultana vendor stands by his 'biketruck', with the back of the bike loaded up with piles of fresh sultanas counting his days 'takings' - afternoon photo: mhobbs

man at his shoe shine stall

Yantai - Central - On a busy street in the centre of the city a man waits for his next customer at his "shoe shine stall" - afternoon
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vegetable vendor - square # 22

Yantai - Central - A man serves a customer from his 'biketruck' vegetable stall in a courtyard in the centre of the city - afternoon
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drunk

Yantai - A man sleeps on the steps to a small bank in the centre of the city - afternoon
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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
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nong tang

Yantai - East - A quiet mixed residential and commercial "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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man with plastic bag - square # 21

Yantai - East - On a small street on the eastern edge of the city an old man collects discarded plastic bags - afternoon
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family

Yantai - East - On the eastern edge of the city at a small market, we were out shopping for a pair of 'winter slippers' for my beautiful fiance, at the vendors stall where we found what we were looking for a family stopped to admire our daughter (1 year and 3 months old) the boy is facsinated with my curly hair - afternoon
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stars on the wall

Yantai - North - A woman sits outside her store, reading a book with a coal burning kettle stove at her feet, on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
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holding the bowl - square # 20

Yantai - East - A street vendor chats with a customer (who is eating a bowl of noodles) in a small backstreet on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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gas

Yantai - East - An empty 'gas bottle' in an alley strewn with graffiti, on the eastern edge of the city - evening
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apples

Yantai - East - A biketruck "load" of apples on its way to a small market on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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pipes - square #19

Yantai - East - A man in a small side street on the eastern edge of the city, makes "galvanized" pipes - afternoon
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standing man - square #18

Yantai - East - A man stands with a cart stands outside a small store in a "nong tang" or alley on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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crossing - square # 17

Yantai - Central - An old man with his bicycle crosses a busy intersection on the northern/central edge of the city - afternoon
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leaf

Yantai - East - An 'Autumn' leaf at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - afternoon
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