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Qingdao, Shandong – City of History and Beauty

2011/09/152020/09/30 Prof Ron beach, China, church, colonial, German, historic, history, photo, Qingdao, Shandong, tourism, university

Photo collections of Qingdao… a beautiful location with historical sites of interest to Westerners and Chinese, too. Qingdao is one of the beautiful cities of China, with its mix of seashore landscapes, historic buildings, and modern skylines of glass and steel.

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Birthplace of Dr. Sun Yat-sen

2009/11/282022/11/24 Prof Ron birthplace, China, Cuiheng, culture, Guangdong, history, museum, Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen, tourism, Travel, Zhongshan, Zhuihai

In … Guangdong Province, not far from Macau, is a small village by the name of Cuinheng…. excellent museum commemorating the life of Sun Zhongshan…

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Remembering Dr. Sun Yat-sen

2009/11/22 Prof Ron China, history, Jiangsu, memorial, Nanjing, photography, Republic of China, sarcophagus, students, study abroad, Sun Yat-sen, Sun Zhongshan, Travel

I was first introduced to Sun Zhongshan, as he is affectionately known in China…. Dr Sun Yat-sen… Here in Nanjing this grand memorial stretches up the mountainside… he is credited with the overthrow of the last emperor of China in 1911, and the installation of the first democratic republic in all of Asia.

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Wuhan, Hubei… Where North Meets South in China

2009/11/172020/02/04 Prof Ron China, Chongjiang, ferry, First Bridge, Hankou, Hanyang, history, Hubei, photography, railway, tourism, Travel, Wuhan, Yangtze, Yangze, yellow cranes

My visits to Wuhan, Hubei Province. The river, the bridge, and city. For centuries, trade and transportation within China were conducted on waterways. With the arrival of railways and the development of roads, one major waterway became an obstacle. That was the mighty Yangtze River (or the ChongJiang, as it is know to the Chinese themselves).

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Changes in Guangzhou, since Lin Zexu

2009/11/152017/10/09 Prof Ron British, bronze, Canton, China, colonial, culture, Guangdong, Guangzhou, history, Lin Zexu, opium, Opium War, photography, sculpture, Shamian, Shamian Island, Tian He, Tianhe, tourism, Travel, Zexu

I chose to visit Shamian Island in the heart of Guangzhou earlier this year in February (2009). My ethnic roots

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Discovering Lin Zexu in Red Hill Park

2009/11/152017/10/09 Prof Ron British, Canton, China, colonial, Guangzhou, history, Lin Zexu, opium, Opium War, Red Hill, tourism, Travel, Urumqi, war, Xinjiang

One Sunday afternoon I was exploring Red Hill Park with friends in Urumqi…. a statue to commemorate Lin Zexu…. Only later did I learn the significance of this man, and the fact that students throughout China learn of him as a hero of recent Chinese history…. What most Chinese do not understand… Lin Zexu is honoured for his stand against the drug trade… also today in New York City!!