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Yesterday we talked to an old friend who just came back from a longer trip to China and Taiwan. A family-visit actually.

That triggered my inner slide projector. But those days when I was there +35 years ago are long gone. The city and the county as a whole looks and works a lot different.

I never scanned all my slides, but some I found now in the depth of my archives. All of these show working people in or near a park in Beijing. Therefore I called that little series (there are some more) "Work in China" published under "The human Condition" - like we editors handle things.

I was on my own, just with my cameras Contax RTS I+II, Zeiss-glass and my journalistic eye - and speaking almost no chinese. No problem. It was great. There is not one stolen shot, BTW.

I have extremely positive memories especially concerning genuine, friendly people I met in person. That was amazing. And the fantastic food anyway. Sidenote: That has been my personal experience all over the world.

(I wish I could say that for some encounters in the digital web-world nowadays as well.)

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