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  • Backlog -- 06/01/06

    GHF and I started the day with breakfast at a small restaurant run by two sisters, daughters of an artist (age 82 this year) who painted over 30 pieces depicting Sibe life during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). The restau…

  • Backlog -- 05/30/06

    05/30/06Everything is certainly different about Xinjiang. The Air China flight from Beijing took about 4 hours. We had difficulty getting off the ground today so I estimate we were actually in the air by 9am. The flig…

  • Morin

    Artists can be simultaneously wildly famous and completely unknown. The master responsible for this beautiful work is a wonderfully modest and humorous man who said that he wants his work promoted in any form, not in or…

  • Back to Beijing

    I returned to Beijing two nights ago and was reunited with my computer yesterday afternoon. I filled a whole notebook with field notes during my 12-day trip, so I will start typing them up and doing a "back-log" as soon…

  • Wild Wild West

    Power outages here in Cabcal County, 30 minutes from the China-Kazakhstan border, occur every day, but the Internet cafes have fast computers that are generally uncensored, and 2 yuan (USD0.25) will buy you one hour of g…

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