Urban Irving

A very large Ferris Wheel at the southern end of Shanghai. Dusty Venus — most of the dust is a result of construction/demolition.

This little boy was making so much noise that at first I thought his life was in danger, but he was simply one of those kids who is very loud while having a [...]

Li ShiMin’s Horses (a.k.a. Emperor Tang TaiZong)

Li ShiMin’s Horses (a.k.a. Emperor Tang TaiZong)
A colleague here in Nanjing said that he finds most famous tourist sites in China “underwhelming”. The Chinese somehow manage to take a relic or site that has an interesting story behind it and turn it into trivia and platitudes. I don’t know how the process works, but they [...]