As a side note, I love the slideshow UI. The keyboard navigation (j/k or left/right) brings each picture flush against the top of the screen. I hate when I need to manually scroll down to bring the picture into full view and hide the navigation boilerplate, especially when a site uses full page refreshes instead of ajax. Unlike more interactive slideshows, this page still works normally without javascript or if the user just prefers scrolling.
I've been living in China for the past 4 months and plan on staying until May. It really is two different worlds. Having traveled through the more modern cities (Shanghai and Beijing for example) and contrasting those to Hangzhou that I'm currently in, it truly is marvelous to see the progress and more importantly the WHY to all this. The Chinese culture and gives one a fresh outlook on life. I would recommend anyone and everyone to take a trip here, it is really inexpensive and very much worth it.
#12 "An emblem decorates the pavement" ?? Excuse me, that's Roman Imperial emblem. I hope the journalist just skipping that for the sake of copy, rather than ignorance.
So many contradictions. So many sorrows. So much progress. So many regrets. So much ignorance. So many hopes. So many disappointments. So much glamour. So much denial. So many inconsistencies. So China...
I just visited Shenzhen for the first time and was quite overwhelmed by the scale of construction that's going on in China.<p>This timelapse video does a good job of capturing that feeling: <a href="https://vimeo.com/53043267" rel="nofollow">https://vimeo.com/53043267</a>
I wonder how many Chinese can afford to live in any of these new buildings.<p>Some context: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDeS_mXMnM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDeS_mXMnM</a>
Unfortunately, many "historic" buildings in China are not. They are not reconstructed but destroyed and cheaply rebuild in concrete and then painted. Be it historic pagodas, city walls, monuments, temples, etc. Quickly build it so that it looks old and then make money from tourism. Its a shame.<p>[Lived in China six years, traveled the country for another six months]
I dont like all the new fancy-schmancy stuff. These cities are going to end up looking like any other modern/western city anywhere. No character left. Is anyone looking out for historically significant buildings ?