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(2)Xiangyang Park on Huaihai Middle Road, in the former French Concession area of Shanghai, October 2019https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_0977.jpgIMG_0977https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_0927-1.jpgIMG_0927 (1)2022-10-12T11:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2020/05/31/my-new-website-www-chinanotes-org/2022-10-12T10:59:22+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2018/09/01/zhao-hong-is-chinese-a-difficult-language-to-learn/2022-10-12T10:58:03+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2018/08/28/zhao-hongs-book-exploring-language-culture/2022-10-12T10:57:25+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2018/05/13/a-walk-in-regents-park/https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7844.jpgIMG_7844https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7840.jpgIMG_7840https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_7832-1.jpgIMG_7832 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Concert Hall during the intermissionhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6333.jpgIMG_6333Concert goes walking through the foyer before entering the Concert Hallhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6340-2.jpgIMG_6340 (2)The Chinese Military Police Men's Chorus and female soloistshttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6335.jpgIMG_6335A passage in the Arts Centrehttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6348.jpgIMG_6348Changan Avenue looking east outside the Arts Centre. The entrance to Zhongnanhai is on the left.https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6309.jpgIMG_6309National Centre for the Performing Arts, Changan Avenue West, Beijing2022-10-12T10:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2017/10/12/a-visit-to-the-geological-museum-of-china-in-beijing/https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6431-1.jpgIMG_6431 (1)Artwork made from Dushan jade, from Dushan County in Guizhou Provincehttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6440-1.jpgIMG_6440 (1)Dinosaur egg fossilshttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_64401.jpgIMG_6440https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_64291.jpgIMG_6429https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6440.jpgIMG_6440https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6429.jpgIMG_6429Artwork made from green jade from Xiuyan, Liaoning Provincehttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6423.jpgIMG_6423A rock crystal artworkhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6421.jpgIMG_6421A photo from Xi Jinping's visit to the Museum in 2010https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_6409.jpgIMG_6409A display of items made from different types of 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(3)Chiang Kai-shek and Madame about to leave the mainland for Taiwan in 1949https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5760-2.jpgIMG_5760 (2)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5757-2.jpgIMG_5757 (2)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5751-1.jpgIMG_5751 (1)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5754-1.jpgIMG_5754 (1)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5753-2.jpgIMG_5753 (2)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5752-1.jpgIMG_5752 (1)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_5757-1.jpgIMG_5757 (1)Communist generals arrive in Nanjing after defeating Chiang Kai-shek and his government in 19492022-10-12T10:45:46+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2017/01/26/a-saturday-morning-walk-in-beijing/https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5557.jpgimg_5557Maxian Hutong behind my hotel at Chongwenmen, after an overnight snowfall in November 2016https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5895.jpgimg_5895The courtyard of the Lu Xun Museumhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5896.jpgimg_5896A sign under trees in the Lu Xun Museum courtyard - the Chinese character for 'trust in' also means 'lean on'https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5876.jpgimg_5876https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_4278.jpgimg_4278Xidan Square and shopping centres - I took this photo last spring not during the winterhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5878.jpgimg_5878Datiaoye Hutong across Zhaodengyu Roadhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_58881.jpgimg_5888One of the large lanes in Datiaoye Hutonghttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5888.jpgimg_5888One of the large lanes in Datioye Hutonghttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5891.jpgimg_5891The Lu Xun Museum in east central Beijinghttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_5902.jpgimg_59022022-10-11T10:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2016/12/29/whither-brexit/2022-10-11T10:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2016/09/09/the-beijing-home-of-soong-qing-ling/https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4407.jpgimg_4407Soong Qing-ling with the American author Barbara Tuchman in 1972https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4440.jpgimg_4440Again with Chairman Mao (date not indicated)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4438.jpgimg_4438Soong Qing-ling with Chairman Mao at the First Session of the Political Consultative Conference, 1949https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4414.jpgimg_4414From left to right: Soong Mei-ling, Soong Ai-ling, Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Qing-ling (taken in 1940 in Chongqing, China's wartime capital)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4415.jpgimg_4415Soong Qing-ling with her husband Sun Yat-sen (1925)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4420.jpgimg_4420The Soong family (1917)https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4405.jpgimg_4405The Beijing home of Soong Qing-linghttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_4402.jpgimg_44022022-10-11T10:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2016/06/09/reflections-on-the-eu-referendum-campaign-the-immigration-issue/2022-10-11T10:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2016/06/09/the-beijing-university-red-building/https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_4057-1.jpgIMG_4057 (1)Comment on the significance of the May 4th New Culture 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Lou/北大红楼https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3893.jpgIMG_38932022-10-11T10:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2016/05/10/photos-of-visit-to-beijing/https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4094.jpgIMG_4094Bust of Norman Bethune in the Beijing City Museum, Canadian doctor and Chinese herohttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_41091.jpgIMG_4109Sculpture garden, Beijing City Museumhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3989.jpgIMG_3989Inside the Forbidden Cityhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4109.jpgIMG_4109https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4281.jpgIMG_4281https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4281-1.jpgIMG_4281Easter eve service outside the Catholic Cathedral near my hotelhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4195.jpgIMG_4195French Municipal Board building in the former French Concession area of Tianjinhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_4141.jpgIMG_4141https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3895.jpgIMG_3895https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_3881.jpgIMG_3881East Moat of the Forbidden City2022-10-11T10:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://interesting-times.org/2016/01/04/tokyo-parks-and-museums/https://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fish-painting.jpgFish paintingCarp - 1940 Japanese painting in Tokyo Fuji Art Museum at Hachioji in north-west Tokyohttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/chrysanthemum-display.jpgChrysanthemum displayChrysanthemum display at Rikugien Gardenshttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/woman-with-pigment.jpgWoman, with pigment'Woman, with pigment' (Chinese pottery figure from 2nd century BCE) in Toyokan Asian Museumhttps://interesting-times.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/asian-museum.jpgAsian MuseumToyokan Asian Museum in Ueno Park, 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