Happy one child family

Beijing, January 2013.

Beijing's landmark building in crazy bad smog

Another day where the Beijing smog level was 'beyond scale'. Originally the scale of PM2.5 particicle measurement ends at 500. The scale goes as follows (based on what the US embassy installed on its premises here in Beijing):

The scale and thresholds are based on the U.S. EPA standards at airnow.gov

Good	0-50
Moderate	51-100
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	101-150
Unhealthy	151-200
Very Unhealthy	201-300
Hazardous	>300

'Hazardous' is described as 'Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected'. We had 517 this morning labed "crazy bad." Given the fact that we had more than 900 two weeks back we may consider this Beijing day "lovely".

Beijing, 29 January 2013.

Plastic winter leaves

Beijing, January 2013.

Disability friendliness in the Beijing subway

This is what you get in Beijing when you are disabled.

Beijing Donggan Subway station,  January 2013. 

Beijing Wall

Beijing, January 2013.

Queer Power

Beijing, a few minutes ago, January 2013.

Hutong snow

Beijing, a few pees from our place, January 2013.

Please don't lie HERE

Beijing, August 2012.

Tiger visiting

Beijing, January 2012.

Hutong life

5 min from our place.

The good news is that everything is being recycled.

Beijing, January 2013.

Mao Zedong's driver

Beijing, January 2013.

Masochism galore

Beijing, January 2013.

Forbidden City on Ice

Beijing, January 2013.

Ice calligraphy

Beijing, January 2013.

First love?

Beijing, January 2013.

Am glad it was a motor bike passing by

Beijing, January 2013.

Ice Skating ADVANCED Imperial Beijing Style

Beijing, January 2013.

Ice Scating Imperial Beijing Style

Beijing, January 2013.

On Beijing's fashion street

Beijing, January 2013.

Hole in the ice

Qianhai, Beijing, January 2013.

Kite, candyfloss and an astonished face

Beijing, January 2013.

Newspaper between trees

Beijing, January 2013.

Pigeons

Beijing, January 2013.

Real Winter 2013

Beijing, January 2013.

Minus 16°C

Qianhai, Beijing, January 2013.

Bell Tower on Ice

Beijing, January 2013.

Public living

Versailles, France, December 2012.

Panther in the house

Paris, December 2012.

longer liberty in France

Paris, December 2012.

Chateau de Versailles

Versailles, France, December 2012.

Happy New Year Lyrics in the Sky

Freigericht, Germany, January 2013.