Hattie's visit to China
3 weeks, 7 cities
03.24.2008
Tonight I went to Hong Ko Football stadium to watch my first FIFA men's game. The teams were North Korea vs South Korea. The game was supposed to be Pyeongyang, but had to be moved because the North refused to allow the South to play their national anthem.
It was nice having Hattie visit from New York. Besides Shanghai, she got a chance to visit Beijing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Zhouzhang, Nanjing.
The People's National Assembely were meeting while we were in Beijing. There were police and military everywhere. I stopped to take a picture and when I turned around I saw Hattie being questioned by a policemen. I rushed over to translate, but he was just trying to practice his english. There were flags EVERYWHERE:
We also went to the "Underground City," a series of underground tunnels that were built as a bomb shelter during the cold war. They connected all major parts of the city. There were arsenals, libraries, jails, and even a senior rec center down there.
Next we went to the military history museum. It was very interesting. On display were moon rocks that Nixon gave Mao when he visited. And a nuclear missle (dismantled, I assume).
And what trip to Beijing is complete without a trip to the Emperor's summer palace:
Amara and Josie took Hattie to Suzhou during a day I was busy, and they had a good time. Here is a picture of them on a boat.
Posted by Erik-Amara 12:14 AM
Waht was the seventh photo with the image of Chairman Mao speaking and the three vintage microphones in front of the flag? Was that to commemorate an important speech? You know I used to collect posters and images from China that somehow made there way to US undergraound bookstores in the 1970s.
Erik - are you sure you weren't aboard the slow boat in Suzhou being transported by such a lovely crew? If not then who took the picure?
Uncle Terry
03.27.2008 by Terry Liu