Subway train moving
The Beijing Subway is a short run but reasonably efficient. “(C) Gary L. Friedman. This image is available for licensing. Contact info@FriedmanArchives.com“…
Father and Daughter on Motorcycle
…a very crowded sidewalk. And although the driver was smiling, he was also bent on running me down. “(C) Gary L. Friedman. This image is available for licensing. Contact info@FriedmanArchives.com“…
Panning Tricycle
A delivery bicycle rushing to its destination at dusk. “(C) Gary L. Friedman. This image is available for licensing. Contact info@FriedmanArchives.com“…
My Dog Kona
…dog pound and animal shelter in a 50-mile radius before he found me. (You know how it is — dogs pick their owners, not the other way around.) I knew…
Chapter 7: Shanghai’d
…that week was Marco, one of Manuel’s Italian friends and owner of the most famous Italian restaurant in Shanghai. Running a successful restaurant can be a very stressful job (even…
Chapter 11: Photo Album #1
…share these all with you here — sights AND sounds — via this newfangled ‘web’ medium. Mr Mao and Statue A cyclist outdoor markets Chinese restaurant Tailor shop Beijing…
Chapter 13: Business in China
…over the financial spreadsheets for almost six weeks, I was ready to throw in the towel — for the amount of effort and risk involved, the reward just wasn’t compelling…
Chapter 13½ The Al Capone of Jiangxi
…to quit, so he wouldn’t have to pay me what he owes me. I was so depressed and sorry that I returned to China — I had turned down some…
Chapter 16: Christmas in Beijing
…conspire, and what insecure ruling party would allow that? Anyway, what I’m trying to say is I have found very few religious people here. (This is similar to the shocking…
Chapter 18: The Edge of the Sky
…very touristy — and I mean an order of magnitude worse than what normally passes for ‘touristy’. Taxi drivers earn their real income via kickbacks for steering tourists (Chinese, Russians,…