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11.21.2011

Found Clothing

A lot gets thrown out in China, especially when things like the deconstruction of houses occurs, like in the last post.

 I found a few things down in the mess of things next to my house, including this shirt.

The shirt isn't noteworthy for looking particularly nice, but rather, because it lists the manufacture date as 1976. Who was wearing this? a former red guard? The name, number, and date of use however are not filled in. I guess it could be some fake red guard-style jacket, but why print the last year of the cultural revolution as the manufacturer date?

Meanwhile the development continues

11.13.2011

Changing Views


Just the other day the view from my apartment looked like this


Today it suddenly looks like this


Where did all my neighbours go?