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Harbin, Heilongjiang – Not just Ice and Snow

2012/01/022016/11/16 Prof Ron Botanical Garden, China, China East Railway, Christian, Eastern Orthodox, fountain, Hallelujah Church, Harbin, Heilongjiang, historic, ice, Jewish Museum, Jews, LianSheng, museum, orthodox, photography, railway, Russian, Russian Orthodox, sculpture, St Sophia, Sun Island, synagogue, tourism, Trans-Siberian Railway, Zhongyang

Harbin has an interesting mix of my special interests in China: interesting history, foreign connections, a northern/cold city, and warm

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Wuhan, Hubei… Where North Meets South in China

2009/11/172020/02/04 Prof Ron China, Chongjiang, ferry, First Bridge, Hankou, Hanyang, history, Hubei, photography, railway, tourism, Travel, Wuhan, Yangtze, Yangze, yellow cranes

My visits to Wuhan, Hubei Province. The river, the bridge, and city. For centuries, trade and transportation within China were conducted on waterways. With the arrival of railways and the development of roads, one major waterway became an obstacle. That was the mighty Yangtze River (or the ChongJiang, as it is know to the Chinese themselves).

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On a Hard Seat Coach from Wuhan to Changsha

2009/11/15 Prof Ron Changsha, China, countryside, DongTing, friendship, Hubei, Hunan, photography, railway, students, Sudoku, tourism, train, Travel, Wuhan, YueYang

I was on the train to Changsha (Hunan) from Wuhan (Hubei) and chose to travel “hard seat” this time. Across from me was a university student. He watched me do Sudoku—the addictive number game…. Here we were, very close to the big lake (Hu) from which the Province of Hunan (south of the lake) and Hubei (north of the lake) get their names.