Shanghai Tan

When we were the Sick Man of Asia, we were called The ‘Yellow Peril’……
When we are billed to be the next Superpower, we are called ‘The Threat’……
When we closed our doors, you smuggled drugs (Opium, etc….) to open markets…….
When we embrace Free Trade, You blame us for taking away your jobs…….
When we were falling apart, [...]

Last month I took a trip to Xi’an, Shaanxi province, at the central north of China. Visiting China without seeing Xi’an is like going to Egypt but haven’t seen the pyramids, or going to Cambodia but not seeing the Ankor wats. I’ve always wanted to visit Xi’an since my first time visiting China at 2004. [...]

Last Sunday I went to see the A1GP race at Shanghai International Circuit with a colleague. This is the same circuit that the Formula 1 uses. I never shoot car racing photo before, so I thought maybe it’d be fun to try. I brought my Canon 5D and 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens along with the [...]

I finally win a prize in a photo contest, the first one in my life! Last month I went to the Century Park for the ume exposition, took many photos there. Then coincidentally I went to the website of the park and saw the online photo contest. Since I was quite satisfied with my photos, [...]

Imagine if you’re to invite the world’s most famous people of all time, all together for a portrait photo, what would that look like? Needless to say, that is plain impossible because 99% of them are dead and the 1% living fellows are not likely going appreciate taking photo with dead people… But don’t give [...]

I normally don’t post other authors’ photos on this blog, so that I can show off my own photos and at the same time proving that I am the best! But with every rule there is always an exception, sometime I run into photos that I can’t resist at bringing it up here, [...]

Last weekend I took a trip to Wuyuan [婺源] with the Quyou club [趣游俱乐部]. Wuyuan is a relatively large county that comprises several villages in northern Jiangxi [江西] province, about 500km from Shanghai. Every year from March to April, it attracts tourists from all over the places across China for its large and omnipresent [...]