China Spring 1988

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Scenes from a China in 1988 (pre the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989) looking very different to how it appears today. Very few Westerners or private cars around (even in Beijing), plenty of bicycles, courtyard houses and most people wearing Zhongshan (Mao) suits and caps in blue and green!



Forbidden City, Beijing

 

Forbidden City, Beijing

 

Beijing

 

Great wall at Badaling

 

Great wall at Badaling

 

Great wall at Badaling

 

Party of children in Beijing

 

Tiananmen square, Beijing

 

Xian streets

 

Fast food in Xian!

 

Xian streets

 

Sun Yat-sen mausoleum, Nanjing

 

Grand canal, Wuxi - Suzhou

 

Grand canal, Wuxi - Suzhou

 

Grand canal, Wuxi - Suzhou

 

Suzhou streets

 

Gareden of the master of the nets, Suzhou

 

Suzhou streets

 

Traditional transport, Suzhou

 

Traditional transport, Suzhou

 

Modern transport, Suzhou

 

The Bund, Shanghai

 

Shanghai streets

 

Guilin

 

Li river

 

Li river

 

Guilin

 

Guangzhou

 

Sun Yat-sen memorial hall, Guangzhou

 

Chen family temple, Guangzhou

 

Great wall, Badaling

 



 
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