Jim and I at the village at Cuandixia, near Beijing
Fulbright Fellowship, China, January-May 2007
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Jim and I at the village at Cuandixia, near Beijing
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with Xie Lihua and fan dancers in Qian'an, Hebei Province
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Xu Fengqin (head of the Qinglong Autonomous Women's Health Association), Li Guimin, me, Zhang Xiaoyun |
| children in Sanshiliugunzi village, Qinglong, Hebei Province |  |
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with local officials in Mancheng, Hebei Province |
| The notorious Starbucks in the Forbidden City--controversial from the start, but apparently also very popular, as it is rather refreshing after hiking around the vast courtyards of the imperial compound. By my latest visit there in April 2007, even this signage had disappeared. |  |
| Enjoying one of the very last frappuccinos from the Forbidden City's Starbucks, which was finally closed down in July 2007. |  |
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Luckily for the caffeine-deprived, there are still numerous other Starbucks spots around Beijing, including this one in a prime spot at Houhai. The security guards are a common presence there--who knows what behavior might occur after said caffeine is consumed? |
| Enjoying Tibetan food with Allegheny students in Beijing--clockwise from lower left: Leilani Abinosa, Peter Grella, Edwina Flores, Zheng Rongbin, Jim Fitch, Sharon Wesoky. |  |