Beyond My Gates

Outside the gated community

Restaurant

I live in a gated community with lots of high rise condos and lush landscaping. Outside the neighborhoods look blighted. Dirty, squalid, smelly. Sad as it is, this is one aspect of the “real” China. It’s not my beloved Jinan, but Jinan isn’t the whole story of this changing, complex country.

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  1. coastalcrone
    Sep 18, 2011 @ 20:01:02

    I am enjoying following your adventures in China via your pictures and descriptions. Very interesting. Not your typical tourist viewpoint.

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