Category: 1000 Words

Racy Streets

These party girls seem to be painted on the side of an apartment building in Qingdao. But one wonders what’s for sale in the unit...

China Rose

Roses are so evocative of the English garden, it’s easy to forget that garden roses originated in China....

Urban Skyline

China has a well-earned reputation for ugly, industrial cities blanketed in choking smog. But that’s not the whole story. The haze you see here is...

Qingdao’s Tsingtao

The city of Qingdao is home to the only Chinese beer to achieve any popularity in the United States – Tsingtao. The beer is named...