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street frenzy

...an on-the-ground glimpse of the practice of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"; these are fruit vendors.

 

i was quite happy to have to have these folks just out the back gate of my apartment for those times I was craving some xiaochi, but the city decided they were an eyesore for the upper-class folks paying the bills in the adjacent apartment complex... one evening i came home to a brutal scene where cops were smashing food carts and confiscating merchandise. needless to say, the peasants moved into less visible locations shortly thereafter

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Uploaded on October 11, 2006
Taken on October 3, 2006