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4-meter high steamer of mantou
Steamed buns are made at a shop in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, Jan. 30, 2016.
Mantou, or steamed buns, are a staple food in northern parts of China. Shop owner Shi, 35, started make mantou ten years ago, and is facing increasing demand for the product ahead of the Spring Festival. The steamer basket is about four meters high and has 36 layers to hold the puffed dough, making it an attraction in it's own right.
Steamed buns are made at a shop in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, Jan. 30, 2016.
Mantou, or steamed buns, are a staple food in northern parts of China. Shop owner Shi, 35, started make mantou ten years ago, and is facing increasing demand for the product ahead of the Spring Festival. The steamer basket is about four meters high and has 36 layers to hold the puffed dough, making it an attraction in it's own right.
Basically there are street vendors that sell stuff and curry fishball on the street during Chinese new year and city management was coming in to ticket and get them to get off the street since it is illegal. A bunch of those 本土派 (rough translation: Local Party/Gang) was using this excuse and state that we have to protect Hong Kong specialty (street vendor) and got around 300 people on the street. City Management called in the police and the 本土派 started to protest. Things got escalated and the riot police got in. The 本土派 attacked police and the police try to contain them. There were a few traffic police (in bright/neon yellow jacket) that was trying to get those people to back off but was attacked. One traffic police officer was retreating, while being beaten and he fell (I think he tripped) also. The rioter would not get back, so the other police officer fire 2 warning shots in the air to have the rioter backed out.
The 本土派 was calling people online to go on the street and riot. After the incident they even admit that because the police showed up, they went back to their "office" and brought in home made shield and weapon to protect HK specialty. The rioter also went online the second day and issue a call to have people on the street and attack police, border guard and also news media reporter on the street.
I find it pretty funny that some people from HK and those oversea HK people are trying to justifying the whole issue as fishball revolution and blamed the police showing up and escalated the issue, Nobody was initially arrested and it was the rioter that called in backup.
For those that only read English, I strongly suggest to read TsingTao, Ming Pao and the SUN (太陽報）English version. The English media either doesn't know the whole incident or is hand picking some interview to justify the whole event. (BBC especially. Pretty funny how non Chinese from the west even called out the bias). Also, tried not to believe facebook or social media "news" unless you have done study in the whole issue.
I read a comment online in one of the news article and I kind of agree with the person that posted. Here is what he said:
"Hong Kong people are so hard to satisfy. When there were street vendor on the street, the citizen would say that they are blocking the street or selling food that are unclean. They blamed the police as being in-effective. Now that they are enforcing the law, they blamed the police for destroying the HK specialty. What do you want?"
I really liked street vendor. A lot of foreigner would come to HK, so that they can shop on the street and eat on the street. Why would foreign traveler come to HK just to go to high class shopping mall when most of the brand names are from Western countries and are everywhere in the world.
People that were born in the 70s and 80s in HK (hell even some of my friend) were saying that street vendor are blocking the street (only some of them) and that they sold unclean food. The same group would go to Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and South Korea and find street vendor in those countries are awesome. I found them to be quite hypocritical. This pretty much forced the government to no longer issue mobile vendor permit and fix street vendor permit and have city management to enforce those law.
SteelBird
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Thanks ahho for your explanation. The Localized Group (translated) seems to politicize the situation. I can't go deep into that because our forum doesn't permit so.
I visited Hong Kong in 2000. One of my impression was 庙街 (roughly translated as Temple Street) where there are full of street vendors at night. They sell everything from mobile food (food in a cart) to pirate CDs. I think street vendors are OK but they need good management so that they won't occupy the main street or interrupt the traffic.
I visited Hong Kong in 2000. One of my impression was 庙街 (roughly translated as Temple Street) where there are full of street vendors at night. They sell everything from mobile food (food in a cart) to pirate CDs. I think street vendors are OK but they need good management so that they won't occupy the main street or interrupt the traffic.
That is correct. They need management if things get out of hand. To be honest, street vendor was a big part of hong kong economy. If people wee poor, they would try to make a living instead of getting social welfare. You will be surprised how people think negatively on getting social welfare themself. Sure street vendor avoid tax, but they buy houses, get their school to post secondary (quite a bit of hk people got money from their parent which is a street vendor). Quite a bit of street vendor earn more than a salary man.
The real people that wanted to support street vendor online commented and said that, instead of riotinf in the street, they should have complain to the government directly and protest in front of he government
We don't have street vendors in Iowa legal or illegal....
SteelBird
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I planned to visit Harbin just to see these. However, my plans fail several times due to the lack of time.
I found this in another forum
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Wow.. there is a local News roving reporter at Channel 2/8 KCRG TV here in Cedar Rapids that could pass as this ^^ womans sister or twin.
Steffi S. Lee is a reporter who loves to tell a good story. She knows it's important to stay hungry and competitive, all while showing compassion on every assignment.
The California native works as a Multimedia Journalist for KGAN/KFXA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Before this, she reported for KCCI 8 News in Des Moines, KCRG-TV 9 News in Cedar Rapids and freelanced for The Indianola Record-Herald. She also served as the editor-in-chief of The Simpsonian, her college newspaper.
Her honors include a regional SPJ Mark of Excellence award in Feature Reporting, multiple awards from the Iowa College Media Association and a scholarship from the Iowa Broadcast News Association.
She also spent a semester in Poland as a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar during her college years. Her traveling experiences and trilingual skill set make her appreciate all cultures and stories from all places. It's what makes reporting fun for her - she gets to learn something new everyday.
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Wow.. there is a local News roving reporter at Channel 2/8 KCRG TV here in Cedar Rapids that could pass as this ^^ womans sister or twin.
Steffi S. Lee is a reporter who loves to tell a good story. She knows it's important to stay hungry and competitive, all while showing compassion on every assignment.
The California native works as a Multimedia Journalist for KGAN/KFXA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Before this, she reported for KCCI 8 News in Des Moines, KCRG-TV 9 News in Cedar Rapids and freelanced for The Indianola Record-Herald. She also served as the editor-in-chief of The Simpsonian, her college newspaper.
Her honors include a regional SPJ Mark of Excellence award in Feature Reporting, multiple awards from the Iowa College Media Association and a scholarship from the Iowa Broadcast News Association.
She also spent a semester in Poland as a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar during her college years. Her traveling experiences and trilingual skill set make her appreciate all cultures and stories from all places. It's what makes reporting fun for her - she gets to learn something new everyday.
Equation
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Wow.. there is a local News roving reporter at Channel 2/8 KCRG TV here in Cedar Rapids that could pass as this ^^ womans sister or twin.
Steffi S. Lee is a reporter who loves to tell a good story. She knows it's important to stay hungry and competitive, all while showing compassion on every assignment.
The California native works as a Multimedia Journalist for KGAN/KFXA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Before this, she reported for KCCI 8 News in Des Moines, KCRG-TV 9 News in Cedar Rapids and freelanced for The Indianola Record-Herald. She also served as the editor-in-chief of The Simpsonian, her college newspaper.
Her honors include a regional SPJ Mark of Excellence award in Feature Reporting, multiple awards from the Iowa College Media Association and a scholarship from the Iowa Broadcast News Association.
She also spent a semester in Poland as a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholar during her college years. Her traveling experiences and trilingual skill set make her appreciate all cultures and stories from all places. It's what makes reporting fun for her - she gets to learn something new everyday.
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Look a like some what but there are a lot of differences as well... to me that is.
1. Head shape are different
2. Nose are different
3. Eyebrows are different.
4. Forehead shape are different
5. Chin and cheek bones are different
Long-distance train crew works through Spring Festival holiday
Crew members of train Z69/70, which runs between Beijing and Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region,
The crew members of train Z69/70.
Crew putting up decoration.
The train announcer.
Serving customers on the train.
Crew having dinner together.
Giving medicine to a passenger.
Crew members of train Z69/70, which runs between Beijing and Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region,
The crew members of train Z69/70.
Crew putting up decoration.
The train announcer.
Serving customers on the train.
Crew having dinner together.
Giving medicine to a passenger.
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