East Seaport Ningbo

... and witness both the epicentres of industrial endeavour and the dumping grounds of its waste. What makes the photographs so powerful is his refusal in them to be didactic. We are all implicated here, they tell us: there are no easy answers. The film continues this approach of presenting complexity, without trying to reach simplistic judgements or reductive resolutions. In the process, it tries to shift our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it. 2006, Canada, 90 mins.

... a major production centre for small and micro bearings. Like most Chinese cities in South China, this too is a city vibrating with life. NIght life is active with numerous KTV bars in operation and alongwith Chinese restaurants, the city has a fair no of KFC's , Mcdonnells and Pizza Huts. Continental food however is mainly restricted to restaurants in hotels.

Reached Ningbo after another 4 hour bus trip, all on modern highways. 20 years ago China didnīt have any highways and today itīs a 30 000 km network, second only to the US. Ningbo is another big city, and my last stop before heading back to Shanghai and flying out.

... to be about 600 years old (think Yoda in Attack of the Clones rather than Empire Strikes Back, but a little less green) watching over her fish drying in the sun. She calmly, very deliberately stood over her fish and clapped fly by fly to death without missing and tossing them on the ground. I saw her kill 3 flies in a row with 3 claps. When I looked down there were at least 7 flies lying dead on the ground all ...

This week is a golden week for the deserving Chinese workers, they do not have to work. The highlight of this national holiday is GuoQingJie, celebrating the birthday of the People Republic of China on the 1st of October 1949. I spent the 1st of October 2008 with my friend Hank (Han Zhou) visiting the supermodern "financial center" of Hangzhou called QiangJiangXinCheng, a ...

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....nice & quiet place...kinda scarry especially when nearing the airport...flight lower done for landing and all you could see was hills and...suddenly runway out of nowhere... ....do get stares from people as I was probable thought to be burnt Chinesse! ...got a chinesse flute after seeing the man on the street play it beautifully and one stack for sale.. ....tried the flute back in hotel, only air coming out...still trying...

... the hotel as well.

My room had a king size bed (positioned really nicely in the room) a big flat-screen TV, huge bathroom with shower and bathtub and all toiletries (including bubble bath and exfoliating mitt!) included. I had a bubble bath in the huge bathtub and listened to relaxing music through the built-in music system... it was sooooo relaxing.

I'm not sure where abouts the hotel is ...

... down on the fabric/textile industry in this area. We then moved on to the Bell Tower which was open and free to enter. Thankfully as it was tiny and really had nothing in it except for a few pictures. Not so exciting so we left wondering where the bloody bell was. HHHmmm! We then walked around the area where the night market was and found it was also a day ...

... to head down to Wenzhou and to then grab a bus to Fuzhou and head home. A good twenty or so hours of sitting time over a few days. That ought to do it! BUT....nothing ever works out that way hey! I found out where to catch my bus from and then grabbed a bus across to the East Bus Station. Now how is this for an answer to my thinking of splashing out when I got to Fuzhou and grabbing an expensive hotel (well for me anyhow ...