Hugh in China.
Here are some of the places and people featured in Hugh's report from China about evictions and unemployment, on last night's PM:
Condemned. The old houses in the foreground may already be rubble when you read this.
This is a typical Shanghai 'lane'. People value the neighbourly atmosphere of old parts of Shanghai like this. But they also appreciate indoor toilets and bathrooms.
Mrs. Wang. "This is the best place".
Mr. Dai and Mrs.Chen. "The government know best".
Lu Ja Tai, Lu Fei Fei (aged 7) and Zuo Dong Qing in the home they are being forced to leave.
Fei Fei with the stickers she is saving for her new bedroom wall.
And the last four photos are of unemployed men in Lanzhou, hoping to get work on construction sites.
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Yeah, I'd love to live in a dump like some of those 'houses'.
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The lanes are one of the highlights of my memories of Shang hai.
But then, i didnt have to live there.
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nn 2, I'll take some of the narrow backstreets of some French towns. The sounds and smells of people preparing meals, etc. And, I'd live there.
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Mr. Dai and Mrs.Chen. "The government know best"............Oh, so they have met Gordy then?
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The pictures are wonderful as usual Hugh. Thank you.
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That pic of Fei Fei with her stickers breaks my heart. I have a child that age. But she seems to happy. I want to find out what happened to that family. Why were they forced to move out?
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Propaganda
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Thank you, Hugh. Your reports, verbal and visual, are always welcome to me.
But I'm afraid I'm bored with the flipping Olympics already, even though it starts tomorrow.
And, passing by the Chinese Embassy today, I noticed that the flag had wound itself round the flagpole and that, though it was a windy enough day, the red flag was not flying.
The shirt-sleeved copper guarding the door looked pretty fed up, too.
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Tbird 7, But I'll bet you took a proper gander.
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Davey Mc(9) I see what you've done there..... Good job
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