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In July 2010, I returned to Beijing after a 19-year absence. The thing that struck me most was the almost complete change in the city – high-rises, shopping malls, McDonald’s and Starbucks on...
This week’s photo was taken during a walk with Laura Liverani, fellow photographer who was one of the contributing photographers for One Night in Beijing. Laura and I were engaged in an inves...
I’m in Macau at the moment. Macau is one of Asia’s best-kept secrets. According to the UN, Macau has the highest human population density of any country / dependency in the world – 18,534 pe...
When most people thing of Macau they think of casinos. I think of temples – Macau has some of the most organic in China, and what they often lack in size, they more than make up for in charac...
There is something particularly special about the old Hutong (courtyard) areas of Beijing for me. It is partly to do with the grey-brown colour palette, but there is also (and I’m sorry if th...
Despite myself, Chinese soldiers always fascinate me. At the flag lowering ceremony on Tiananmen Square, people jostle to have their pictures taken next to the soldiers.
I’ve just arrived in Chongqing, one of China’s most important cities on the Yangtze River. I’m here to meet Wensheng, a self-made, small time shipping tycoon. Wensheng has a story of piracy, ...
