I don’t mind dogs. In fact I quite like the ones who don’t snarl at me. I went to see a dogs home in Dar where people can take their unwanted pets or those they’ve found abandoned on the city streets. Personally I think there are too many dogs around the place especially dogs kept… Read More »
I have written on more than several occasions about the disappearance of the lanes of old Shanghai, the wiping out of communities of people who live in them and forced resettlement to Songjiang or other satelite town. The saddest of these places are Maoming Lu in Jing’an area and in the old town of Laoximen.… Read More »
My community is dirty enough without the added complexity of building rubble piling up outside my door. Yesterday I went downstairs to find a cabinet blocking my path. Today waiting for me was a pile of builders bags from the renovations going on next door. In the other direction, the ground floor flats are getting… Read More »