Beijing Olympics Site Arcitechture Videos
Here are a few short clips from early June of the Beijing Olympics site. The architecture is phenomenal. To say the least, it will be interesting to see how the Opening Ceremonies go.
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Beijing Photos on Flickr
Okay, here's a link to some Beijing photos I uploaded to Flickr. If all goes as planned, I should have some more pics from my visit to China on Flickr soon.
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Shanghai Graffiti Photos (Juxtapoz)
Photos: Graffiti in Shanghai, China
Chris Osburn, London Correspondent
Juxtapoz
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Generally speaking, graffiti in Shanghai is an extremely rare sight. Buildings come and go at such a rapid pace that, even if an intrepid artist had touched up a particular wall, there's a good chance that said wall would have been demolished soon after ... The exception to this rule is Moganshan Road, where you can hardly take a step without spotting some graff. The area around Moganshan Road is Shanghai's art district where, luckily, the art isn't just confined to the galleries and shops.
Click here for complete post and all the photos.
Chris Osburn, London Correspondent
Juxtapoz
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Generally speaking, graffiti in Shanghai is an extremely rare sight. Buildings come and go at such a rapid pace that, even if an intrepid artist had touched up a particular wall, there's a good chance that said wall would have been demolished soon after ... The exception to this rule is Moganshan Road, where you can hardly take a step without spotting some graff. The area around Moganshan Road is Shanghai's art district where, luckily, the art isn't just confined to the galleries and shops.
Click here for complete post and all the photos.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Photographing China (PhotoBox)
Photographing China
Chris Osburn, PhotoBox blogger
PhotoBox
June 24th, 2008
A recent three week trip to China (mostly for fun but with a little business thrown in for good measure) provided an overabundance of photo opportunities and a range of fascinating experiences to impart with readers of the PhotoBox blog. With the Olympics soon to commence in Beijing and unprecedented economic growth stimulating a building boom the likes of which the world has never seen, the difficulty wasn’t deciding when to snap a photo but having the wherewithal to put the camera away at all!
Click here for complete post
Chris Osburn, PhotoBox blogger
PhotoBox
June 24th, 2008
A recent three week trip to China (mostly for fun but with a little business thrown in for good measure) provided an overabundance of photo opportunities and a range of fascinating experiences to impart with readers of the PhotoBox blog. With the Olympics soon to commence in Beijing and unprecedented economic growth stimulating a building boom the likes of which the world has never seen, the difficulty wasn’t deciding when to snap a photo but having the wherewithal to put the camera away at all!
Click here for complete post
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Shanghai Photos on Flickr
I finally got a few of my pics from Shanghai up on Flickr, and I hope to upload more from my time in China soon. Click here to check out some of my Shanghai pics.
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Emiana's China Photos on Flickr
How does she do it? I'm still Photoshoppin' around with my pics from our trip to China and my better half, Emiana, has already posted a whole China set on Flickr. In fact, she's already been contacted by a Chinese blogger who posted one of her pics as part of a fulue.com post about the similarities of cinnamon and the Beijing Olympic torch. Neat.
Click here to view Emiana's China set on Flickr.
Click here to view Emiana's China set on Flickr.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Beijing Graffiti (Juxtapoz)
Photos: Beijing Graffiti
Chris Osburn, UK Correspondent
Juxtapoz
Friday, 13 June 2008
Osburn reports, “Similar to Shanghai, Beijing doesn't appear to have much graffiti, particularly for a city of its immense size. Still, if you know where to look, there's plenty to see. One brilliant part of town to view street art is the 798 Art Zone, an abandoned military electronics complex that's now one of Beijing's handful of thriving artist districts.”
Click here for complete post and all the photos.
Chris Osburn, UK Correspondent
Juxtapoz
Friday, 13 June 2008
Osburn reports, “Similar to Shanghai, Beijing doesn't appear to have much graffiti, particularly for a city of its immense size. Still, if you know where to look, there's plenty to see. One brilliant part of town to view street art is the 798 Art Zone, an abandoned military electronics complex that's now one of Beijing's handful of thriving artist districts.”
Click here for complete post and all the photos.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Western Tourist's Report of Protest in Lhasa, Tibet
Lhasa eyewitness: 'City in cinders'
After days of violent street protests, a Western tourist in Lhasa, who wishes to remain anonymous, describes a tense, deserted city firmly in the hands of the Chinese military.
After days of violent street protests, a Western tourist in Lhasa, who wishes to remain anonymous, describes a tense, deserted city firmly in the hands of the Chinese military.
BBC News
Last Updated: Sunday, 16 March 2008, 18:12 GMT
Some tourists who were in the east were forcibly removed from their hotels and hostels. Police turned up today and tried to forcibly remove all of us to a hotel further out west ... Our hostel was largely occupied by Chinese people and they were panic-stricken. They armed themselves with anything they could find; beer bottles, meat cleavers. They started to break chairs and windows to arm themselves.
Click here for complete article.
Last Updated: Sunday, 16 March 2008, 18:12 GMT
Some tourists who were in the east were forcibly removed from their hotels and hostels. Police turned up today and tried to forcibly remove all of us to a hotel further out west ... Our hostel was largely occupied by Chinese people and they were panic-stricken. They armed themselves with anything they could find; beer bottles, meat cleavers. They started to break chairs and windows to arm themselves.
Click here for complete article.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Expat Perspective: Kimberly in Shanghai - "Razed"
Welcome to Expat Perspective, a series of posts by guest writers who come from X but are living long term in Y. Here's one from Kimberly, an American living and working in Shanghai ... and doing her best to document the rapidly changing cityscape. Thanks Kimberly!
Shanghai is tearing down old neighborhoods like crazy. Literally one day there is an old compound and the next it has been razed. I went walking around one of these razed compounds the other day and my friend snapped this shot.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Air Travel on the Rise in China
Air China profits rise three-fold
Air China has seen its profits increase three-fold in the first six months of the year, thanks to passenger demand and a stronger local currency.
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 10:34 GMT 11:34 UK
The number of people flying in China has grown significantly as its continuing economic boom creates a growing middle class prepared to spend more on travel.
Click here for complete article.
Photography courtesy of zzathras777's photostream on Flickr
Air China has seen its profits increase three-fold in the first six months of the year, thanks to passenger demand and a stronger local currency.
BBC News
Last Updated: Wednesday, 29 August 2007, 10:34 GMT 11:34 UK
The number of people flying in China has grown significantly as its continuing economic boom creates a growing middle class prepared to spend more on travel.
Click here for complete article.
Photography courtesy of zzathras777's photostream on Flickr Saturday, July 14, 2007
No More Starbucks in Forbidden City
Forbidden City Starbucks closes
A Starbucks coffee shop operating on the historic site of Beijing's Forbidden City has closed down after huge protests.
BBC News
Last Updated: Saturday, 14 July 2007, 06:26 GMT 07:26 UK
An online campaign arguing that the shop was trampling on Chinese culture had drawn more than 500,000 signatures.
Click here for complete article.
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Photography courtesy of ellesil's photostream on Flickr
A Starbucks coffee shop operating on the historic site of Beijing's Forbidden City has closed down after huge protests.
BBC News
Last Updated: Saturday, 14 July 2007, 06:26 GMT 07:26 UK
An online campaign arguing that the shop was trampling on Chinese culture had drawn more than 500,000 signatures.
Click here for complete article.
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Photography courtesy of ellesil's photostream on Flickr Sunday, April 22, 2007
No Slutty Chickens!
This post is courtesy of a Mystery Contributor from Shanghai:
A friend went to Beijing recently. As he perused the menu he noticed that the Chinese characters for "young chicken" were translated into English as "chicken without sexual experience." I can't believe he didn't steal the menu.
A friend went to Beijing recently. As he perused the menu he noticed that the Chinese characters for "young chicken" were translated into English as "chicken without sexual experience." I can't believe he didn't steal the menu.
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Lonely Planet in Chinese
Lonely Planet on the Front Page of the Financial Times
(or China, yet again, is on the front page for drastically changing the dynamics of an industry)
China moves into Lonely Planet's orbit
By Leora Moldofsky in Sydney and Justine Lau in Hong Kong
Financial Times, Jan 14, 2006
Here's an excerpt from the front page - first section article:
Lonely Planet guides, companions of English-speaking tourists the world over, are to be translated into Chinese in a sign of the importance of the country's outbound tourism industry. About 17m Chinese travel abroad each year, a figure expected to soar to 100m by 2020, according to the World Tourism Organisation.
(or China, yet again, is on the front page for drastically changing the dynamics of an industry)
China moves into Lonely Planet's orbit
By Leora Moldofsky in Sydney and Justine Lau in Hong Kong
Financial Times, Jan 14, 2006
Here's an excerpt from the front page - first section article:
Lonely Planet guides, companions of English-speaking tourists the world over, are to be translated into Chinese in a sign of the importance of the country's outbound tourism industry. About 17m Chinese travel abroad each year, a figure expected to soar to 100m by 2020, according to the World Tourism Organisation.
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