Monday, August 29, 2005

A visit to Beidaihe


Beidaihe 074, originally uploaded by jiulong.

This weekend I went to Beidaihe - the seaside resort traditionally frequented by Chinese party leaders. It is also a popular holiday resort for Russians from the towns bordering Manchuria. It is a surreal place, fulll of old European style villas, and some more modern, bizarre architecture - like a beer garden tower shaped lilke a conch shell. Beidaihe is a strange, laid back place where many ordinary Beijingers also take their seaside holidays. Because there are so many Russians, the local shops address all westerners in Russian.

Beidaihe villa -The Friendship Hotel


Beidaihe villa - Friendship Hotel, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Reception for new students, Beijing station


Beidaihe 116, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe


Beidaihe 112, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Shanhaiguan - where the Great Wall meets the sea


Shanhaiguan 082, originally uploaded by jiulong.

End of the Great Wall - Shanhaiguan


Beidaihe 089, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Shanhaiguan


Beidaihe 095, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach


Beidaihe 065, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach photography


Beidaihe 059, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach photography


Beidaihe 058, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe trinket sellers


Beidaihe 054, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach


Beidaihe 052, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach


Beidaihe 050, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach


Beidaihe 042, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach


Beidaihe 040, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach lifeguards


Beidaihe 036, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe lifeguards


Beidaihe 033, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach - looking south to the "Biluotuo beer park"


Beidaihe 032, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe beach


Beidaihe 030, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe villa built by French


Beidaihe 027, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe villa for party members


Beidaihe 025, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beidaihe Villa for Communist Party members


Beidaihe 022, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beijing Railway Station


bei 005, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Beijing Railway Station


bei 002, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Friday, August 26, 2005

Nina Liu, star of "The Power", in Beijing

The Power, encore at the first night, Century Theater, Beijing, 25 August 2005

The Power, first night at Beijing Century Theater

The Power, first night at Beijing Century Theater, 25 Aug 2005

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Catholic wedding, Beijing


sat 027, originally uploaded by jiulong.

On Saturday morning I popped in to St Joseph's church on Wanfujing to take some interior pictures. While I was there a bride and groom came in with a few family members to start what looked like a very informal wedding service. Here the priest is giving the bride and her father [or best man?] a few last words of advice. They didn't seem to mind me being around as they got ready!

Chinese couple married at a Catholic church, Beijing


sat 009, originally uploaded by jiulong.

St Joseph's church, Wanfujing, Beijing


sat 014, originally uploaded by jiulong.

St Joseph's church, Wanfujing, Beijing


sat 021, originally uploaded by jiulong.

St Joseph's church, Wanfujing, Beijing


sat 020, originally uploaded by jiulong.

St Joseph's church, Wanfujing, Beijing


sat 016, originally uploaded by jiulong.

St Joseph's church, Wanfujing, Beijing


sat 018, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Subway lights, Chaoyangmen station


sat 002, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Wanfujing - Beijing's main shopping street


sat 029, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Workers at a Korean restaurant in Beijing do their motivational routine before starting work


Koreans restaurant in Beijing, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Korean restaurant workers at a Beijing restaurant do their motivational warm-up before work


100_1188, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Afternoon nap, Beijing


sleeper in beijing, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Newsagent in Beijing


sat 031, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Chinese magazines


sat 034, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Tired taxi driver


sat 040, originally uploaded by jiulong.

"Hangzhou snacks", Huixin Dongjie


sat 042, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Migrant workers living in a tent, Sanlitun street


sat 001, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Nina Liu, star of The Power, in Beijing


Nina Liu in Beijing, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Australian-Chinese actress Nina Liu is in Beijing rehearsing for a new English-language play called The Power, about the first and only Empress of China, Wu Zetian. Nina plays the leading role in a cast that is otherwise made up entirely of Chinese actors, although the play is in English. Catch it at the Century Theatre from 25 August.

Dancers rehearse The Power in Beijing 2


Rehearsing The Power in Beijing 2, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Dancers rehearsing The Power in Beijing


Rehearsing The Power in Beijing, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Nina Liu with Elena Manuela Powers, rehearsing in Beijing


Nina Liu in Beijing 4, originally uploaded by jiulong.

Discussing the death scene with director Elena Manuela Powers, a director from New York.

Rehearsing The Power in Beijing


re2, originally uploaded by jiulong.