From Shanghai, China- Miscellaneous Pics Indeed it is! Not so clear due to the inept suckiness of my phone camera (Sony Ericsson W908c… don’t bother), but, that just may be the flag of that which cannot be named! My my, what the Korean businesses can get away with in Little Korea! Care to compare? Farther [...]
Posts Tagged ‘North Korea’
Is that… a Taiwanese Flag? In Shanghai?
Posted: 16th February 2009 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Little Korea, North Korea, Shanghai, Sony Ericsson, South Korea, Taiwan
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Happy Int’l Workers Day!
Posted: 1st May 2008 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: China, Communism, North Korea
Here and in other communist/socialist states, today is May Day, also called International Workers day. According to the wikipedia: In the United States, Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September instead of on May 1. This Labor Day was a creation of the 1880s Knights of Labor and was adopted officially in [...]
North Korea by Candlelight
Posted: 8th August 2006 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Aston, Dandong, North Korea
This is actually today’s post, while the last one was supposed to have gone up 4 days ago. So I’m a little behind.. eh. I’m still in Dandong & last night was one of China’s Ghost festivals. All across the city, people were burning small yellow pieces of paper with chinese characters on it. Perhaps [...]
Dandong and North Korea
Posted: 7th August 2006 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Aston, Dandong, North Korea
As my job takes me out of town quite a bit, I thought I’d share some of my experiences as I travel. Dandong is up north in Liaoning province, right on the border of North Korea. All that’s standing between me & 1/3rd the “axis of evil” is the winding Yalu River. Two bridges stretch [...]
On the Shores of North Korea
Posted: 6th August 2006 by Eric D in SinoPennTags: Aston, Dandong, North Korea
I finally got to North Korea yesterday… sort of. I went on one of those boat trips mentioned in the article I posted above. It was just that. Chinese gawking at the North Koreans along the beach. One thing Sinuiju has that Dandong hasn’t is a good sandy beach! There must’ve been a few hundred [...]
