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China '77 Only a year after my last visit, I could feel the chaange in air. People were more out on the streets and wearing color.
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I went back to China in the summer of 1977. The change was evident. It was brighter, not just because of the weather but in people's faces. The Gang of Four had been denounced and arrested. There was a sense that China was about to change. I could even borrow a bicycle and ride around the city taking pictures.
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_ds190818160138.jpg The same open space in front of the hotel has a bright poster and more people doing Tai chi.  |
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_ds190818160443.jpg Tai chi is very popular. It can be done in any open space.  |
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_ds190818160727.jpg Tai chi in the park  |
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_ds190818163151.jpg Cameras are becoming polular as well as the cars  |
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_ds190818161010.jpg HSBC (Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation) Building  |
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_ds190818161556.jpg People reading papers posted on the street.  |
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_ds190818162117.jpg More activities in the river as well  |
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_ds190818163516.jpg Waibaidu Bridge, also known as the Garden Bridge.  |
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_ds190818163705.jpg Streets of Shanghai  |
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_ds190818164220.jpg A Market  |
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_ds190818165143.jpg People lining up to buy meat  |
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_ds190818170212.jpg Bicycle is the main mode of transportatiion  |
_ds190818170306.jpg People teaching each other Tai Chi movents  |
_ds190818170401.jpg New higher buildings are being built  |
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_ds190818170825.jpg Scaffoldings are made of bamboo  |
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_ds190818171013.jpg Buildings are encased in a bamboo basket  |
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_ds190818171442.jpg The river is getting congested  |
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_ds190818171912.jpg Commuters going to work  |
_ds190818172006.jpg Reading papers is a popular pasttime  |
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_ds190818173232.jpg Glimpse of people's lives  |
_ds190818173614.jpg Lots of greenery in the Bund residential area  |
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_ds190818173707.jpg Kindergarteners excercising in a parking lot  |
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_ds190818173855.jpg New housing is build squeezed amon the old  |
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_ds190818174632.jpg A school is built, too.  |
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_ds190818174820.jpg Peeking at everyday lives  |
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_ds190818175134.jpg Lots of activities take place in the alleys  |
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_ds190823161059.jpg Yuyuan streets  |
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_ds190823161818.jpg Meatball store?  |
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_ds190823162245.jpg Local People's Bank  |
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_ds190823163138.jpg Streets are made wider  |
_ds190823163232.jpg Visiting one of the cooperatives. One of their housing.  |
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_ds190823163600.jpg Not a sweatshop yet  |
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_ds190823164647.jpg Building where the first Communist Party meeting was held.  |
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_ds190823165715.jpg A department store in the back  |
_ds190823170011.jpg People were gathering at the open space for something I never found out. Could it be some VIP?  |
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_ds190823171130.jpg There were lights on buildings  |
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_ds190823171317.jpg Visiting local school where children performed for us.  |
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_ds190823171751.jpg Educating patriotism in school  |
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_ds190823172537.jpg I couldn't take pictures but they also showed children throwing beanbags at the figures of the Gang of Four.  |
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My parents and I took a trip west to Nanjing with a stop at Suzhou. Sozhou is about 60 miles from Shanghai and is known for its gardens and embroidery.
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_ds190823172642.jpg Boarding the train at Shanghai.  |
_ds190823172735.jpg Rice paddies were green and the rural scene peaceful.  |
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_ds190823173152.jpg We crossed many rivers where we could see how people lived.  |
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_ds190823223324.jpg West Garden Temple, or Xiyuan Temple is know for its five hundred Arhats.  |
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_ds190823223615.jpg Humble Administrator's Garden is a classic Chinese garden and was designated UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. It was built in Ming dynasty.  |
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_ds190823224545.jpg Suzhou, with many canals going through the city, is often called the Venice of China.  |
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_ds190823230116.jpg The city is well known for its embroidery industry. We visited one of the factories.  |
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_ds190823230942.jpg Tiger Hill Pagoda, or Yunyan Pagoda, was completed in 961 during the Song dynasty. The original temple was destryed during the Second Sino-Japanese War but the pagoda survived. It leans slightly and is nicknamed the Leaning Tower of China.  |
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Hangzou is about a hundred miles from Shanghai. It is known for the West Lake, one of the most beautiful in China. It has numerous temples, pagoddas, gardens and islands and was a source of inspiration for many poets and painters throughout Chinese history. It was designated UNESCO World Heritage site in 2011. Nearby, they cultivate the famous Longjing tea.
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_ds190823232053.jpg Along the road, we saw hard working farmers.  |
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_ds190823232335.jpg Enforcing levees? Manpower at work.  |
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_ds190823234129.jpg Lingyin Temple  |
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_ds190823234326.jpg On the way to the temple, are caves with many Buddhist carvings. It is called the Feilai Feng grotto.  |
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In Nanjing, we were shown the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, which had just been completed. It was a double-decked truss bridge with the top deck used by cars and the lower deck by the railroad. We also visited the Sun Yat-sen Mauoleum. Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) is considered 'The father of Modern China" both in mainland China and in Taiwan for fighting against Imperial Qing government and after the 1911 Rovolution, founded the Republic of China.
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_ds190824003948.jpg Railroad connects Beijing and Shanghai.  |
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_ds190824004504.jpg Model of the bridge.  |
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_ds190824010606.jpg Porcelin Tower of Nanjing, is a replica of the tower originally built in 15 century but had since been destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion in the 19th century.  |
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