[Leica] IMG: Chinese Chequers - historic

[Gerry Walden]

Thank you John, I will correct where I can.

Best wishes,

Gerry
> On 16 Aug 2016, at 00:22, John Lee <jwlee01 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> It actually Chinese chess they're playing!
> -John
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> On Monday, August 15, 2016, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> Nathan
>> 
>> Thanks for commenting. The air was pretty thick when i was there, and it
>> was three days before we realised that there was a view of the mountains
>> from our hotel room window. For the first and only time in my life I had to
>> use lip balm because the atmosphere was drying my lips out. As I saw it
>> there were a couple of main problems: firstly a lot of cooking was done
>> using briquettes made of coal dust, and cars had no catalytic converters.
>> Great place though, and I would love to go back.
>> 
>> Gerry
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>>> On 15 Aug 2016, at 06:27, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
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>>> I suspect today you would be hard-pressed to find such a scene in
>> Beijing—from what I understand, there are few bicycles, many more cars, and
>> the air makes it unlikely for anyone to want to sit outside.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
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>>>> On 14 Aug 2016, at 10:36, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
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>>>> I took this in 1998 on a trip to Beijing with my wife. I was suing a
>> Leica M6 with 50mm Summicron f2, and this was taken on Fuji Provia and
>> scanned recently. I have a feeling that the guy top right was some kind of
>> political local ‘watcher’ but that could just be my imagination. Despite
>> this being nearly 20 years ago I never at any time felt that I was
>> restricted in any way with what I could photograph or who I could talk to.
>>>> 
>>>> http://archive.gwpics.com/index/G00001zr0M27_Rk4/I0000gscQb_noGRk
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>>>> Hope you like my historic revival.
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry
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