Tibetan Sisters in Arms

Not weapons, happily, but their actual arms, as these dancers help each other prepare for a show at the Tibetan area of the China Nationalities Museum (the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park) in Bejing. Part of the Beijing National Stadium, aka the “Bird’s Nest”, is visible in the background. Taken on Oct. 20, 2006.

The China Nationalities Museum (the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park) is an anthropological museum as well as a complex to reconstruct, collect, display and study the ethnic cultures, histories and social life of the 56 nationalities in China. (Click here for more information.)

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A Starry Night in Tiananmen Square

The emblem at the top of the west side of the National Museum of China, located on the eastern side of Tiananmen Square.

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“Nothing to Do But Go On Home”

A girl working as a hostess at the China Nationalities Museum (the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park) in Bejing, still dressed in a traditional outfit but with a Western-style jacket on, walks away across a courtyard after the end of her shift. Taken on Oct. 20, 2006.

The China Nationalities Museum (the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park) is an anthropological museum as well as a complex to reconstruct, collect, display and study the ethnic cultures, histories and social life of the 56 nationalities in China. (Click here for more information.)

In case anyone’s wondering, the title of this post is from the song Superman’s Song, by the Crash Test Dummies.

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The Bumps Leading the Blind

Looking down on feet on a sidewalk in Beijing, China that is bevelled, or textured, to aid visually impaired pedestrians, taken Oct. 13, 2006.

For the sake of welcoming the Olympic Games, all the municipal authorities of Beijing Municipal Government are sparing no efforts to reconstruct the obstacle-free facilities in Beijing, including the obstacle-free buses, bus stops, slopes, bathrooms and blind roads across the whole city.

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Sunset at UBC (3rd)

Sunset - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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